Ameze Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Ameze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 458 | 1:161,309 | 16,675 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ameze (602) may also be a first name.
Ameze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ameze occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ameze click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameze? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 535,476th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ameze live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ameze is also the 340,659th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 602 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 161,309. Apart from The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ameze
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