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) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amaju is the 816,514th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname Amaju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amaju reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 311,169th most widely held given name world-wide, held by 705 people.
The surname Amaju is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 543,383. In Nigeria Amaju is most prevalent in: Delta, where 49 percent reside, Abia, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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