Amayana Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Amayana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 166 | 1:125,115 | 14,217 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amayana (53) may also be a first name.
Amayana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amayana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amayana (Marathi: आमयाना, Oriya: ଅମଯାନା) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amayana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,222,957th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Amayana reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 86 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Amayana is also the 1,366,219th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 53 people.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 125,115. In Cameroon Amayana is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 95 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amayana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amayana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମଯାନା | amayana | - |
| Amayana in the Marathi language | ||
| आमयाना | amayana | - |
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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 Amayana
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