Amoja Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Amoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amoja (44) may also be a first name.
Amoja Demographics
Amoja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amoja (Hindi: अमोजा, Oriya: ଆେମାଜା) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amoja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,255,512th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Amoja are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amoja is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 44 people.
The last name Amoja is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 29 percent are found, Oyo, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 19 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
Amoja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amoja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amoja in the Hindi language | ||
| अमोजा | amoja | - |
| Amoja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେମାଜା | aemaja | - |
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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 Amoja
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