Amazement Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Amazement Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amazement Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amazement (25) may also be a first name.

Amazement Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Amazement Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Amazement is found most in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amazement? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Amazement reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Amazement is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 25 people.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa Amazement is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amaizemen8976/
Ameizemen781/
Hamazimin671/
Amusimenta631/
Imasemwontu6037/
Imasemwendo6033/
Imasemhendu601/
Amusamuinotu571/
Amisse Mendo571/
Amos-Mantey504/

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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 Amazement
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis