Amosy Surname
Approximately 450 people bear this surname
Amosy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| Iran | 211 | 1:363,898 | 24,031 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amosy (749) may also be a first name.
Amosy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amosy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amosy is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amosy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amosy is the 666,162nd most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,194,546 people. The surname Amosy occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Amosy reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Amosy is also the 300,342nd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 749 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 233,223. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 54 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 28 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Amosy exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 47 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Amosy
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