Amela Surname
Approximately 2,834 people bear this surname
Amela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Spain | 643 | 1:72,709 | 6,404 |
| DR Congo | 417 | 1:177,169 | 18,031 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| Uganda | 109 | 1:358,159 | 23,337 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Argentina | 74 | 1:577,614 | 41,358 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Nicaragua | 13 | 1:463,161 | 3,580 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Améla (1) are calculated separately.
Amela (26,874) may also be a first name.
Amela Demographics
Average Amela Salary in
United States
$25,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amela (Arabic: أميلا, Bengali: আমেলা, Hindi: अमेला, Marathi: अमेला, Oriya: ଅେମଲା, Russian: Амела) is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Améla. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 154,827th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,571,470 people. The surname Amela is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of Amela reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 30,308th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 26,874 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Barring Togo Amela is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Amela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Amela surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Amela last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Amela earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.88% less than the national average, earning $25,942 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amela in the Hindi language | ||
| अमेला | amela | 96.43 |
| आमेला | amela | 3.57 |
| Amela in the Marathi language | ||
| अमेला | amela | 91.8 |
| एमेला | emela | 4.92 |
| आमेला | amela | 1.64 |
| अमोेला | amoela | 1.64 |
| Amela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେମଲା | aemala | 77.14 |
| ଅେମଳା | aemala | 13.57 |
| ଆେମଲା | aemala | 7.14 |
| ଅମିଲା | amila | 0.71 |
| ଏେମଲା | eemala | 0.71 |
| କେମାଲା | kemala | 0.71 |
| Amela in the Bengali language | ||
| আমেলা | amela | 40 |
| অমেলা | amela | 40 |
| এমেলা | emela | 20 |
| Amela in the Russian language | ||
| Амела | amela | - |
| Amela in the Arabic language | ||
| أميلا | amyla | - |
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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 Amela
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