Amaway Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Amaway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
Amaway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amaway is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amaway click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaway? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Amaway are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,010,106. In Niger Amaway is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 79 percent live, Agadez Region, where 11 percent live and Zinder Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 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 Amaway
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