Amouza Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Amouza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amouza (114) may also be a first name.
Amouza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amouza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amouza occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amouza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amouza is the 2,979,664th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amouza are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 114 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 430,650. In Benin it is most frequent in: Donga Department, where 58 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 21 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Benin Amouza exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Amouza
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