Amaze Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Amaze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Amaze (125) may also be a first name.
Amaze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amaze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amaze (Marathi: आमाझे) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amaze.
How Common Is The Last Name Amaze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,272,314th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Amaze reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 832,731st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 125 people.
The surname Amaze is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 26 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amaze Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amaze in the Marathi language | ||
| आमाझे | amajhe | - |
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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 Amaze
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