Amazah Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Amazah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
Amazah (35) may also be a first name.
Amazah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amazah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amazah occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amazah.
How Common Is The Last Name Amazah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Amazah are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amazah is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 35 people.
Amazah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 76 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 45 percent live and Malaysia, where 11 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 Amazah
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