Amazonas Surname

106,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Amazonas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amazonas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4,0981:52,2392,007
Venezuela1801:167,8004,960
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
England31:18,572,686338,250
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Amazonas (580) may also be a first name.

Amazonas Last Name Facts

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

Amazonas (Arabic: امازونس) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amazonas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Amazonas is the 106,591st most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,662,305 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Amazonas are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 93 percent are found in Luso-South America. Amazonas is also the 347,677th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 580 people.

Amazonas is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 4,098 people, or 1 in 52,239. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: Amazonas, where 61 percent live, São Paulo, where 7 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 6 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 4 percent live and Portugal, where 1 percent live.

Amazonas Last Name Statistics demography

Amazonas earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 24.59% less than the national average, earning $37,468 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amazonas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amazonas in the Arabic language
امازونسamazwns-
امازوناسamazwnas-

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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
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  • 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 Amazonas
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