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
The surname Amaua is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amaua.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Amaua is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Amaua are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 33 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Amaua is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 80 percent reside and Baringo County, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
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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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