Amashi Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Amashi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| Israel | 54 | 1:158,475 | 16,422 |
| India | 52 | 1:14,751,257 | 245,013 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Amashi (823) may also be a first name.
Amashi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amashi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amashi (Hindi: अमषी, Marathi: आमशी, Oriya: ଅମାଶୀ) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amashi? popularity and diffusion
Amashi is the 778,856th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 20,020,731 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Amashi are found; 33 percent are found in East Africa and 33 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 284,830th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 823 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 437,534. In Tanzania Amashi is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 99 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Israel, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amashi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amashi in the Hindi language | ||
| अमषी | amasi | - |
| Amashi in the Marathi language | ||
| आमशी | amasi | 48.89 |
| अमाशी | amasi | 23.7 |
| आमाशी | amasi | 11.11 |
| अमशी | amasi | 8.89 |
| अमािश | amaisa | 3.7 |
| अमलाशी | amalasi | 1.48 |
| अमरशी | amarasi | 0.74 |
| रामजी | ramaji | 0.74 |
| आरशी | arasi | 0.74 |
| Amashi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମାଶୀ | amasi | 33.33 |
| ଆମାଶୀ | amasi | 33.33 |
| ଆମାଶି | amasi | 33.33 |
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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 Amashi
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