Amoya Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Amoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Amoya (138) may also be a first name.
Amoya Demographics
Amoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻮﻱ, Hindi: अमोया, Russian: Амоя) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 764,765th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Amoya reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amoya is also the 787,636th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 138 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria Amoya is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 79 percent live, Rivers, where 8 percent live and Delta, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Amoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Amoya earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 14.63% less than the national average, earning $19,380,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amoya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﻮﻱ | mwy | - |
| Amoya in the Hindi language | ||
| अमोया | amoya | - |
| Amoya in the Russian language | ||
| Амоя | amoa | - |
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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
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- 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 Amoya
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