Amaju Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Amaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 326 | 1:543,383 | 26,582 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Amaju (705) may also be a first name.
Amaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amaju (Hindi: अमजु, Marathi: अमजु) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaju? popularity and diffusion
It is the 816,514th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amaju are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amaju is also the 311,169th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 705 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 543,383. In Nigeria Amaju is most numerous in: Delta, where 49 percent are found, Abia, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaju Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaju in the Hindi language | ||
| अमजु | amaju | 55.56 |
| अमजू | amaju | 33.33 |
| ामजू | amaju | 11.11 |
| Amaju in the Marathi language | ||
| अमजु | amaju | 53.33 |
| अमजू | amaju | 26.67 |
| आमजु | amaju | 13.33 |
| आमजू | amaju | 6.67 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amaju
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