Amamata Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Amamata Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amamata Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Amamata (4,688) may also be a first name.

Amamata Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amamata Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Amamata is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amamata? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Amamata are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amamata is also the 100,061st most widespread first name worldwide, held by 4,688 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is most common in: Sokoto, where 50 percent are found, Niger, where 21 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 11 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.

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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 Amamata
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