Amouya Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Amouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 114 | 1:168,351 | 6,055 |
| Mauritania | 29 | 1:141,202 | 7,956 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Amouya (64) may also be a first name.
Amouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻮﻱ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Amouya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amouya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,315,412th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Amouya are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Amouya is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 64 people.
The last name Amouya is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 168,351. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 96 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 3 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 1 percent are found. Other than Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amouya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amouya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﻮﻱ | mwy | - |
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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 Amouya
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