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 Male America Height
174.6 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
America Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name America Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name America (Arabic: مريك, Bengali: আমেরিকা, Hindi: अमेरिका, Marathi: अमेिरका, Oriya: ଅେମରିକା) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: América. For other potential spellings of America click here.
How Common Is The Last Name America? popularity and diffusion
The surname America is the 75,684th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,124,274 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 46 percent of America are found; 30 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 28 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. America is also the 9,601st most commonly used first name in the world, held by 106,739 people.
The last name America is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,810 people, or 1 in 55,933. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Calabarzon, where 63 percent live, National Capital Region, where 12 percent live and Eastern Visayas, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines America occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and South Africa, where 18 percent live.
America Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of America has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the America last name rose 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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