Amase Surname
Approximately 5,385 people bear this surname
Amase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,267 | 1:17,221 | 2,652 |
| Nigeria | 1,777 | 1:99,686 | 6,789 |
| Kenya | 1,107 | 1:41,716 | 4,364 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Philippines | 43 | 1:2,354,377 | 127,644 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Amase (769) may also be a first name.
Amase Demographics
Amase Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amase Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amase (Hindi: अमासे, Marathi: आमसे) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 89,130th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,353,305 people. The last name Amase occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Amase live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 296,002nd most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 769 people.
Amase is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,267 people, or 1 in 17,221. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Tororo District, where 50 percent reside, Busia District, where 16 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Kenya, where 21 percent reside.
Amase Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amase Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amase in the Hindi language | ||
| अमासे | amase | 66.67 |
| अमसे | amase | 33.33 |
| Amase in the Marathi language | ||
| आमसे | amase | 66.25 |
| आमासे | amase | 25 |
| आगासे | agase | 2.5 |
| अेामासे | aeamase | 2.5 |
| आमसेावती | amaseavati | 2.5 |
| अमासे | amase | 1.25 |
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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 Amase
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