Ameyo Surname
Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname
Ameyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,119 | 1:41,269 | 4,325 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Ameyo (4,714) may also be a first name.
Ameyo Demographics
Ameyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ameyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ameyo is found most frequently in Kenya. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ameyo is the 320,056th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,239,337 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ameyo live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ameyo is also the 99,754th most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 4,714 people.
The surname Ameyo is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,119 people, or 1 in 41,269. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 59 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 14 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 12 percent are found. Beside Kenya it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Ameyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ameyo last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ameyo earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 48.22% less than the national average, earning $22,344 USD per year.
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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 Ameyo
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