Amayah Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Amayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Amayah (90) may also be a first name.
Amayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amayah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amayah is the 1,658,108th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Amayah occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Amayah reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most commonly held given name globally. It is borne by 90 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 28 percent are found, Delta, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and Belgium, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Amayah
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