Amani Surname
Approximately 272,083 people bear this surname
Amani Surname User-submission:
Amani is a Swahili surname meaning 'peace'.
Amani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 80,478 | 1:287 | 34 |
| Iran | 55,397 | 1:1,386 | 177 |
| DR Congo | 38,165 | 1:1,936 | 189 |
| Tanzania | 29,430 | 1:1,799 | 245 |
| Niger | 27,349 | 1:702 | 116 |
| Burundi | 8,774 | 1:1,117 | 317 |
| Rwanda | 6,201 | 1:1,833 | 444 |
| Kenya | 4,521 | 1:10,215 | 1,297 |
| Algeria | 3,589 | 1:10,764 | 1,865 |
| Morocco | 3,306 | 1:10,428 | 1,478 |
| Indonesia | 2,706 | 1:48,873 | 5,501 |
| Egypt | 1,525 | 1:60,286 | 5,690 |
| Benin | 1,447 | 1:7,143 | 982 |
| India | 1,360 | 1:564,019 | 27,614 |
| Uganda | 926 | 1:42,159 | 5,323 |
| Malawi | 889 | 1:19,257 | 3,006 |
| Nigeria | 797 | 1:222,262 | 13,115 |
| Afghanistan | 749 | 1:42,928 | 1,588 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| United States | 447 | 1:810,870 | 62,361 |
| Cameroon | 265 | 1:78,374 | 9,640 |
| Papua New Guinea | 251 | 1:32,485 | 3,773 |
| France | 225 | 1:295,212 | 45,187 |
| Canada | 142 | 1:259,476 | 24,513 |
| Malaysia | 138 | 1:213,726 | 12,448 |
| England | 136 | 1:409,692 | 28,019 |
| Argentina | 135 | 1:316,618 | 25,164 |
| Tunisia | 133 | 1:4,591 | 727 |
| United Arab Emirates | 124 | 1:73,889 | 6,933 |
| Philippines | 120 | 1:843,652 | 78,842 |
| Pakistan | 105 | 1:1,701,370 | 17,526 |
| Germany | 100 | 1:805,055 | 59,076 |
| Sweden | 99 | 1:99,462 | 7,215 |
| Zimbabwe | 97 | 1:159,157 | 19,937 |
| Belgium | 77 | 1:149,307 | 20,954 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Italy | 56 | 1:1,092,084 | 72,109 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Burkina Faso | 35 | 1:524,346 | 7,119 |
| Australia | 32 | 1:843,616 | 52,533 |
| Azerbaijan | 30 | 1:321,637 | 7,248 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| American Samoa | 17 | 1:3,280 | 753 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Peru | 15 | 1:2,118,942 | 25,723 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Amañi (8) & Âmani (1) are calculated separately.
Amani (469,805) may also be a first name.
Amani Surname Meaning
Amani Demographics
Amani Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amani (Arabic: امانى, Bengali: অমনী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻦ, Hindi: अमानी, Marathi: अमानी, Oriya: ଅମନି, Russian: Амани) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Amañi or Âmani. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,014th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,784 people. Amani is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Amani are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,156th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 469,805 people.
The surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 80,478 people, or 1 in 287. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 20 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 13 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast Amani occurs in 114 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Amani Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Amani has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Amani surname rose 14,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (91%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Amani surname are 9.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Amani earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.91% less than the national average, earning 315,256 kr per year; in Peru they earn 69.02% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,005 per year; in South Africa they earn 85.78% less than the national average, earning R 33,792 per year; in United States they earn 12.03% more than the national average, earning $48,340 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.07% more than the national average, earning $49,716 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﻦ | mn | - |
| Amani in the Hindi language | ||
| अमानी | amani | 47.82 |
| अमनी | amani | 42.47 |
| आमनी | amani | 4.98 |
| अमणी | amani | 2.99 |
| आमानी | amani | 0.5 |
| अमनि | amani | 0.25 |
| ामनी | amani | 0.25 |
| आमणी | amani | 0.12 |
| अमन | amana | 0.12 |
| ामणी | amani | 0.12 |
| एमनी | emani | 0.12 |
| अमणि | amani | 0.12 |
| Amani in the Bengali language | ||
| অমনী | amani | 36.36 |
| অমানী | amani | 27.27 |
| অমনি | amani | 27.27 |
| মনি | mani | 9.09 |
| Amani in the Marathi language | ||
| अमानी | amani | 31.33 |
| अमनी | amani | 30.47 |
| एमनी | emani | 9.44 |
| आमनी | amani | 9.01 |
| आमानी | amani | 2.58 |
| अमणी | amani | 2.58 |
| आमाटी | amati | 2.58 |
| अमाणी | amani | 1.72 |
| मण | mana | 0.86 |
| ओमनी | omani | 0.43 |
| रामन | ramana | 0.43 |
| अमान | amana | 0.43 |
| अमािन | amaina | 0.43 |
| चमणी | camani | 0.43 |
| एमणी | emani | 0.43 |
| अमाणा | amana | 0.43 |
| मामन | mamana | 0.43 |
| कामडी | kamadi | 0.43 |
| मनी | mani | 0.43 |
| Amani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମନି | amani | 23.27 |
| ଅମାନୀ | amani | 19.31 |
| ଅମାନି | amani | 18.32 |
| ଅମନୀ | amani | 16.83 |
| ଆମନି | amani | 4.46 |
| ଆମାନୀ | amani | 2.97 |
| ଆମନୀ | amani | 2.48 |
| ଆମାନି | amani | 2.48 |
| ଅମଣି | amani | 1.98 |
| ଏମାନୀ | emani | 1.49 |
| ଆମଣି | amani | 0.99 |
| ଆମାଣୀ | amani | 0.99 |
| ଆମାଣି | amani | 0.99 |
| ଏମାଣି | emani | 0.5 |
| ଅମନୣ | amana | 0.5 |
| Amani in the Russian language | ||
| Амани | amani | - |
| Amani in the Arabic language | ||
| امانى | amany | - |
| إماني | amany | - |
| آماني | amany | - |
| اماني | amany | - |
| أماني | amany | - |
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