Ameje Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Ameje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ameje (27) may also be a first name.
Ameje Demographics
Ameje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ameje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ameje is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,589,322nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ameje live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ameje is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.
The last name Ameje is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Ameje is most frequent in: Kogi, where 66 percent are found, Enugu, where 15 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 37 percent are found and Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
Ameje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ameje
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