Amegah Surname
Approximately 7,548 people bear this surname
Amegah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4,988 | 1:5,417 | 760 |
| Togo | 2,415 | 1:3,001 | 427 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Amégah (1) are calculated separately.
Amegah (338) may also be a first name.
Amegah Demographics
Average Amegah Salary in
United States
$36,536 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amegah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amegah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amegah is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Amégah. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amegah? popularity and diffusion
Amegah is the 66,096th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 965,494 people. The last name Amegah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amegah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 475,334th most commonly used first name globally, held by 338 people.
It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is carried by 4,988 people, or 1 in 5,417. Aside from Ghana Amegah is found in 22 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Amegah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Amegah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.33% less than the national average, earning $36,536 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.93% less than the national average, earning $43,754 CAD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Amegah
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