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
The surname Ameya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻪ, Hindi: अमेय, Marathi: अमेय, Oriya: ଆେମୟା, Russian: Амея) is found most frequently in Japan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 486,864th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Ameya are found; 28 percent are found in East Asia and 28 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 65,480th most common forename on earth, borne by 9,044 people.
Ameya is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 665,856. In Japan it is most frequent in: Ehime Prefecture, where 31 percent are found, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 28 percent are found and Osaka Prefecture, where 21 percent are found. Other than Japan it is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 22 percent are found and The Congo, where 13 percent are found.
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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