Amaor Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Amaor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amaor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amaor (20) may also be a first name.

Amaor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amaor is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Amaor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amaor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Amaor live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 20 people.

The surname Amaor is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 92 percent reside and Ekiti, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Amaor exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amajor91973/
Amahor9125/
Amayor9111/
Hamaor916/
Amaour912/
Amaore912/
Amaeor912/
Amaior911/
Amhaor911/
Amhaour839/
Hammaor834/
Ammaour833/
Amahjor831/
Amajgor831/
Amajior831/
Amahore831/
Haamaor831/
Amaeoir830/
Omaor801/
Amoar801/
Omaore73205/
Amojor73106/
Amoior7390/
Hemaor736/
Amooor734/
Amohar732/
Amouar732/
Amoare731/
Amoour731/
Omahor731/
Amouur731/
Omayor731/
Ameyor731/
Amojur731/
Uomaor731/
Hamoarh6744/
Amoahar6719/
Asmoarp677/
Amajjar674/
Amajhar673/
Amaiyar671/
Hamahorova671/
Amgouar671/
Asmouor671/
Hemeaor671/
Oumaour671/
Ajmehar671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Amaor
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