Amava Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Amava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Amava (103) may also be a first name.
Amava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amava (Russian: Амава) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amava? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Amava reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amava is also the 930,172nd most widespread first name internationally, borne by 103 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria Amava is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 29 percent are found, Delta, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Amava is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Colombia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amava in the Russian language | ||
| Амава | amava | - |
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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 Amava
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