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 surname Amanya (Bengali: অমান্য, Hindi: अमन्या, Marathi: आमन्या, Oriya: ଅମାନ, Russian: Аманя) is found most in Uganda. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amanya is the 34,819th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 478,971 people. The surname Amanya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amanya reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 281,453rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 841 people.
This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 12,429 people, or 1 in 3,141. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Hoima District, where 10 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 9 percent are found and Ntungamo District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Amanya occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Amanya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally 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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- 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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