Amayene Surname
Approximately 723 people bear this surname
Amayene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 720 | 1:28,846 | 3,892 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Amayéne (1) & Amayéné (2) are calculated separately.
Amayene (38) may also be a first name.
Amayene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amayene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amayene occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Amayéne or Amayéné. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amayene.
How Common Is The Last Name Amayene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amayene is the 465,687th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,079,593 people. The surname Amayene is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amayene live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Amayene is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 38 people.
The surname Amayene is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 720 people, or 1 in 28,846. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside and East Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Amayene
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