Amanya Surname
Approximately 15,215 people bear this surname
Amanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12,429 | 1:3,141 | 547 |
| Kenya | 1,894 | 1:24,382 | 2,752 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Cameroon | 264 | 1:78,671 | 9,664 |
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Amanya (841) may also be a first name.
Amanya Demographics
Amanya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amanya (Bengali: অমান্য, Hindi: अमन्या, Marathi: आमन्या, Oriya: ଅମାନ, Russian: Аманя) is most common in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amanya.
How Common Is The Last Name Amanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,819th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 478,971 people. The last name Amanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amanya are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 281,453rd most frequent first name internationally, held by 841 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 12,429 people, or 1 in 3,141. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Hoima District, where 10 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 9 percent are found and Ntungamo District, where 7 percent are found. Besides Uganda Amanya is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Amanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amanya in the Bengali language | ||
| অমান্য | aman'ya | - |
| Amanya in the Hindi language | ||
| अमन्या | aman'ya | 66.67 |
| अमान्या | aman'ya | 33.33 |
| Amanya in the Marathi language | ||
| आमन्या | aman'ya | 40 |
| अमन्या | aman'ya | 20 |
| एमन्या | eman'ya | 12 |
| आमण्या | amanya | 8 |
| अम-या | ama-ya | 8 |
| ॅामंया | eamanya | 4 |
| वामन | vamana | 4 |
| अमण्या | amanya | 4 |
| Amanya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମାନ | amana | 33.33 |
| ଅନନଯ୍ | ananay | 33.33 |
| ଅମାନଯ୍ | amanay | 33.33 |
| Amanya in the Russian language | ||
| Аманя | amana | - |
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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 Amanya
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