Amele Surname
Approximately 3,666 people bear this surname
Amele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Nigeria | 673 | 1:263,214 | 15,076 |
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Papua New Guinea | 117 | 1:69,690 | 9,084 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Amélé (1) are calculated separately.
Amele (8,726) may also be a first name.
Amele Demographics
Average Amele Salary in
United States
$79,444 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Amele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amele (Bengali: এমেলে, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻞ, Hindi: अमेले, Marathi: एमेले, Oriya: ଏେମେଲ) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Amélé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Amele.
How Common Is The Last Name Amele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 124,370th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,987,874 people. Amele is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Amele reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Amele is also the 67,090th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 8,726 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Outside of Ethiopia Amele exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Amele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Amele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Amele last name grew 850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amele Last Name Statistics demography
Amele earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 84.12% more than the national average, earning $79,444 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻞ | aml | - |
| Amele in the Bengali language | ||
| এমেলে | emele | - |
| Amele in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏେମେଲ | eemela | - |
| Amele in the Marathi language | ||
| एमेले | emele | - |
| Amele in the Hindi language | ||
| अमेले | amele | 98.73 |
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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 Amele
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