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) is most common in The Philippines. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amazon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 637,196th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name Amazon is predominantly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Amazon live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 541,116th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 270 people.
The last name is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 349 people, or 1 in 290,081. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Central Visayas, where 41 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 20 percent live and Central Luzon, where 10 percent live. Outside of The Philippines it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.
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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