Amartey Surname

30,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Amartey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amartey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana17,3181:1,560254
United States1551:2,338,445144,975
England1451:384,26226,878
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Amartey (1,139) may also be a first name.

Amartey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amartey occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amartey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 30,068th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 409,965 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amartey live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 235,856th most widely held forename globally, held by 1,139 people.

The last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 17,318 people, or 1 in 1,560. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Amartey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amartey surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Amartey earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.97% more than the national average, earning $44,431 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amarteye932/
Ammartey931/
Amarte9236/
Amarty926/
Amartei861,189/
Amarthy864/
Amartuy864/
Amartiy863/
Gamarte862/
Amarthe861/
Amartie861/
Amartej861/
Aamarte861/
Amertey861/
Amartiya802/
Amartesh801/
Amarti771,719/
Amarta77595/
Amorte77309/
Omarty776/
Amorty774/
Omarte773/
Amerte771/
Emarte771/
Amartuyaa7519/
Gamarta71116/
Amarthi7196/
Amartou7188/
Hamarta7167/
Amartha7159/
Ammarti7146/
Gamarti7115/
Aamarti718/
Omarthe714/
Aamarta714/
Asmarti714/
Amortes712/
Amartti712/
Amartip711/
Gomarte711/
Amortei711/
Amertoy711/
Amartis711/
Ahmarta711/
Aimarta711/
Amarhti711/
Aymarti711/
Emarthy711/
Amertie710/
Aamarthi6722/
Aimartou6720/
Aïmartou675/
Ammarthi675/
Amertiya674/
Amoorthy672/
Aemartou672/
Gomarthe671/
Amaertou671/
Hamarthi671/
Aymartou671/
Homartte670/
Haemerte670/

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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 Amartey
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