Amechia Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Amechia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amechia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

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

Amechia occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amechia.

How Common Is The Last Name Amechia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amechia is the 4,772,636th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Amechia live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,774,710. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 54 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 38 percent live and Zanzan District, where 8 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast Amechia exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and Ghana, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amaechia934/
Amichia863,415/
Amachia868/
Amescia862/
Amechya862/
Emechia861/
Amechea861/
Amitchia8017/
Gamichia804/
Hamachia802/
Ameachio801/
Aimachia801/
Amesia77123/
Amejia774/
Amekia771/
Gammichia7535/
Ha'machia751/
Amaachiaa751/
D'Amichia751/
Amiesia7119/
Amachya717/
Omeshia713/
Amesiah712/
Ametchihou711/
Amezcea711/
Amesias711/
Ametcea711/
Amescio711/
Amezquia672/
Amiesiah671/

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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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