Amaua Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Amaua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Amaua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amaua is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Amaua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Amaua reside; 42 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Amaua is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent live and Baringo County, where 20 percent live. Excluding Kenya Amaua exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Amaua
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