Amazon Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Amazon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 349 | 1:290,081 | 41,635 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Amazon (270) may also be a first name.
Amazon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amazon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amazon (Arabic: امازون, Russian: Амазон) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amazon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Amazon are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 73 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 541,116th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 270 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 290,081. In The Philippines Amazon is mostly concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 41 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 20 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amazon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon in the Russian language | ||
| Амазон | amazon | - |
| Amazon in the Arabic language | ||
| امازون | amazwn | - |
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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 Amazon
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