Ameua Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Ameua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 155 | 1:52,605 | 6,626 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ameua (42) may also be a first name.
Ameua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ameua occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ameua.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameua? popularity and diffusion
Ameua is the 1,398,030th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Ameua occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Ameua are found; 99 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 99 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Ameua is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name internationally, held by 42 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 52,605. In Papua New Guinea Ameua is most prevalent in: Central, where 90 percent reside, Milne Bay, where 5 percent reside and National Capital District, where 4 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ameua
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