Ameya Surname
Approximately 682 people bear this surname
Ameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 192 | 1:665,856 | 16,631 |
| Namibia | 149 | 1:16,170 | 2,919 |
| Congo | 88 | 1:56,694 | 5,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 58 | 1:397,780 | 13,651 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Ameya (9,044) may also be a first name.
Ameya Demographics
Average Ameya Salary in
United States
$19,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ameya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: अमेय, Marathi: अमेय, Oriya: ଆେମୟା, Russian: Амея) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 486,864th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Ameya live; 28 percent live in East Asia and 28 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Ameya is also the 65,480th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 9,044 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 665,856. In Japan it is most numerous in: Ehime Prefecture, where 31 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 28 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 21 percent live. Other than Japan Ameya exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 22 percent live and The Congo, where 13 percent live.
Ameya Last Name Statistics demography
Ameya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ameya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ameya in the Marathi language | ||
| अमेय | ameya | 75.8 |
| अमेया | ameya | 21.14 |
| अमय | amaya | 0.93 |
| अमया | amaya | 0.27 |
| अमेश | amesa | 0.27 |
| अमेता | ameta | 0.13 |
| अमेये | ameye | 0.13 |
| उमेय | umeya | 0.13 |
| आमेया | ameya | 0.13 |
| अमेद | ameda | 0.13 |
| मेय | meya | 0.13 |
| Ameya in the Hindi language | ||
| अमेय | ameya | 61.11 |
| अमेया | ameya | 33.33 |
| आम्या | amya | 5.56 |
| Ameya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେମୟା | aemaya | 55 |
| ଅେମୟ | aemaya | 35 |
| ଅମୀୟ | amiya | 5 |
| ଅମିୟ | amiya | 5 |
| Ameya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | 14.29 |
| ﻋﻤﻴﻪ | myh | 14.29 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﺔ | amyt | 14.29 |
| ﻋﻤﻲ | my | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺔ | amyt | 14.29 |
| Ameya in the Russian language | ||
| Амея | amea | - |
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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 Ameya
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