Amelye Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Amelye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 143 | 1:370,221 | 27,074 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Amelye (438) may also be a first name.
Amelye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amelye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amelye occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amelye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name Amelye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amelye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Amelye is also the 409,668th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 438 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 370,221. In Tanzania Amelye is most numerous in: Njombe Region, where 57 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 36 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammelye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ameliye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amelaye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amelie | 83 | 466 | / |
| Ameley | 83 | 416 | / |
| Amelea | 83 | 46 | / |
| Amelee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amelay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ameliya | 77 | 530 | / |
| Amelhay | 77 | 9 | / |
| Amelier | 77 | 8 | / |
| Amelaya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ameilay | 77 | 7 | / |
| Gameley | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ameleya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Omeleye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Amilaye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Amesley | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hamelie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hameley | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hamelee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamilye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gameleu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amileye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amelayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amiloye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omeloye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ameljie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ameliea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homelye | 77 | 0 | / |
| Amealey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ameliyah | 71 | 100 | / |
| Hammeley | 71 | 40 | / |
| Ameiliya | 71 | 14 | / |
| Amelehia | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ameeliya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Amheloue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omielaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajmileye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamesley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gammelee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Amelai | 67 | 70 | / |
| Amilay | 67 | 26 | / |
| Omeley | 67 | 26 | / |
| Omelay | 67 | 23 | / |
| Amilee | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hasmelayu | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gaaimeloe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Amelou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Omelie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Amiley | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hammesley | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omelea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hameleusz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amiloy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ameloi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amelía | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omelei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amelja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ameliayip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amylee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Amelye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis