Amegay Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Amegay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Amegay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amegay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amegay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﻴﻜﺎﻱ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amegay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amegay is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Amegay occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Amegay are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 116,996. In Mauritania Amegay is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania Amegay is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amegay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amegay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﻴﻜﺎﻱ | amykay | 70 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻜﺎﻱ | amykay | 10 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﻘﺎﻱ | amyqay | 10 |
| ﺁﻣﻜﺎﻱ | amkay | 10 |
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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 Amegay
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