Ameau Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ameau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ameau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ameau is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Ameau live; 49 percent live in Oceania Islands and 49 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 291,204. In Papua New Guinea Ameau is mostly found in: Bougainville, where 89 percent reside and Central, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 46 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ameau
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