Amechia Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Amechia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Amechia (23) may also be a first name.
Amechia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amechia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amechia is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Amechia.
How Common Is The Last Name Amechia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Amechia live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amechia is also the 2,239,265th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,774,710. In The Ivory Coast Amechia is most common in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 54 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 38 percent reside and Zanzan District, where 8 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Ghana, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaechia | 93 | 4 | / |
| Amichia | 86 | 3,415 | / |
| Amachia | 86 | 8 | / |
| Amescia | 86 | 2 | / |
| Amechya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Emechia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amechea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amitchia | 80 | 17 | / |
| Gamichia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Hamachia | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ameachio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aimachia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amesia | 77 | 123 | / |
| Amejia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amekia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gammichia | 75 | 35 | / |
| Ha'machia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amaachiaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Amichia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amiesia | 71 | 19 | / |
| Amachya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Omeshia | 71 | 3 | / |
| Amesiah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ametchihou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amezcea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amesias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ametcea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amescio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amezquia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amiesiah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amechia
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