America Surname
Approximately 6,482 people bear this surname
America Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,810 | 1:55,933 | 9,360 |
| Nigeria | 1,736 | 1:102,041 | 6,913 |
| South Africa | 1,144 | 1:47,358 | 6,027 |
| United States | 249 | 1:1,455,658 | 99,719 |
| Belgium | 246 | 1:46,734 | 7,602 |
| Netherlands | 208 | 1:81,188 | 13,613 |
| Brazil | 159 | 1:1,346,379 | 45,774 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| Colombia | 132 | 1:361,925 | 6,174 |
| Indonesia | 114 | 1:1,160,081 | 82,627 |
| Russia | 109 | 1:1,322,230 | 94,006 |
| Afghanistan | 87 | 1:369,577 | 5,370 |
| Zimbabwe | 53 | 1:291,288 | 29,631 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 105 | 1:478,273 | 34,042 |
The alternate forms: América (1) are calculated separately.
America (106,739) may also be a first name.
America Demographics
Average America Salary in
United States
$62,181 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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America Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name America Come From? nationality or country of origin
America (Arabic: مريك, Bengali: আমেরিকা, Hindi: अमेरिका, Marathi: अमेिरका, Oriya: ଅେମରିକା) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may appear as: América. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name America? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 75,684th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,124,274 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 46 percent of America reside; 30 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 28 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. America is also the 9,601st most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 106,739 people.
America is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,810 people, or 1 in 55,933. In The Philippines America is most common in: Calabarzon, where 63 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 12 percent reside and Eastern Visayas, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines America occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 18 percent reside.
America Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of America has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the America surname expanded 237 percent between 1880 and 2014.
America Last Name Statistics demography
The amount America earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.96% less than the national average, earning R 166,440 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $22,632,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 44.11% more than the national average, earning $62,181 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.32% more than the national average, earning $57,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
America Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| America in the Bengali language | ||
| আমেরিকা | amerika | - |
| America in the Hindi language | ||
| अमेरिका | amerika | - |
| America in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅେମରିକା | aemarika | - |
| America in the Marathi language | ||
| अमेिरका | ameiraka | - |
| America in the Arabic language | ||
| مريك | mryk | - |
| أميركا | amyrka | - |
| اميريكا | amyryka | - |
| امريكا | amryka | - |
| اميركا | amyrka | - |
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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 America
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