Amakay Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Amakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Amakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amakay (Russian: Амакай) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Amakay occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Amakay reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname Amakay is most common in Niger, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger it is most common in: Agadez Region, where 42 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 42 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Niger Amakay is found in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amakay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amakay in the Russian language | ||
| Амакай | amakaj | - |
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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
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- 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 Amakay
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