Amed Surname
Approximately 19,779 people bear this surname
Amed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,551 | 1:31,912 | 2,665 |
| Egypt | 3,661 | 1:25,112 | 2,811 |
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Iran | 1,820 | 1:42,188 | 4,862 |
| India | 1,383 | 1:554,639 | 27,253 |
| Pakistan | 694 | 1:257,412 | 5,753 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| Argentina | 289 | 1:147,901 | 12,513 |
| Cameroon | 267 | 1:77,787 | 9,575 |
| Algeria | 258 | 1:149,735 | 19,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Brazil | 167 | 1:1,281,882 | 43,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| Bulgaria | 118 | 1:59,143 | 3,920 |
| Burkina Faso | 100 | 1:183,521 | 4,204 |
| Ivory Coast | 78 | 1:295,785 | 11,177 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Niger | 54 | 1:355,408 | 10,225 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Colombia | 41 | 1:1,165,221 | 9,805 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Uruguay | 22 | 1:155,989 | 13,535 |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Cuba | 5 | 1:2,304,543 | 8,951 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Amed (26,115) may also be a first name.
Amed Demographics
Amed Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Amed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amed (Bengali: আমেদ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺪ, Hindi: अमेद, Marathi: अमेद, Russian: Амед) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amed? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amed is the 27,167th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 368,449 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Amed live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 30,946th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 26,115 people.
The surname Amed is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,551 people, or 1 in 31,912. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 7 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 85 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 16 percent are found.
Amed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Amed has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Amed last name increased 888 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amed Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Amed last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Muslim (78%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Amed are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.
The amount Amed earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 1.02% more than the national average, earning R 240,060 per year; in Colombia they earn 54.72% more than the national average, earning $35,126,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.72% less than the national average, earning $37,231 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.23% less than the national average, earning $44,601 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amed in the Bengali language | ||
| আমেদ | ameda | - |
| Amed in the Hindi language | ||
| अमेद | ameda | 90.48 |
| आमेद | ameda | 8.73 |
| Amed in the Marathi language | ||
| अमेद | ameda | 45.45 |
| आमेद | ameda | 42.42 |
| आमेड | ameda | 6.06 |
| अहमेद | ahameda | 3.03 |
| अमोेद | amoeda | 3.03 |
| Amed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺪ | amd | 41.18 |
| ﺃﺣﻤﺪ | ahmd | 23.53 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺪ | ahmd | 17.65 |
| ﺃﻣﺪ | amd | 11.76 |
| ﻋﺎﻣﺪ | amd | 5.88 |
| Amed in the Russian language | ||
| Амед | amed | - |
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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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- 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 Amed
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