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
Amouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻮﻱ) is found most in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Amouya.
How Common Is The Last Name Amouya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,315,412th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The 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. It is also the 1,223,525th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 64 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 168,351. In Niger Amouya is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 96 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 3 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 1 percent reside. Barring Niger this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 17 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside.
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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