Amatey Surname
Approximately 833 people bear this surname
Amatey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Nigeria | 205 | 1:864,111 | 37,851 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Amatey (61) may also be a first name.
Amatey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amatey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amatey is found most frequently in Ghana. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amatey is the 417,348th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,748,555 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amatey live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amatey is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Aside from Ghana this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Amatey
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