Ameenah Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Guyana

Ameenah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ameenah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England21:27,859,030389,889
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Guyana11:762,22114,420
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Ameenah (1,560) may also be a first name.

Ameenah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ameenah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ameenah? popularity and diffusion

Ameenah is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Ameenah occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Ameenah live; 21 percent live in West Africa and 21 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ameenah is also the 196,138th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 1,560 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Ameenah is most frequent in: Gombe, where 25 percent are found, Kogi, where 25 percent are found and Kwara, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Ameenah exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aameenah9383/
Amaeenah9330/
Ameeenah932/
Hameenah932/
Ahmeena861/
Amyena777/
Ameeno772/
Amiena771/
Amehana7114/
Amiinah7110/
Amyenas714/
Amienas713/
Hameuna712/
Ameijenatt711/
Aimienoh679/
Hamahena674/
Aimienho671/

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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 Ameenah
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