Amatay Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Amatay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amatay (20) may also be a first name.
Amatay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amatay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amatay is found in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Amatay live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 20 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nepal, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 5,696,191. In Nepal it is mostly found in: Janakpur, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nepal this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Amatay
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