Amsami Surname
Approximately 876 people bear this surname
Amsami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 589 | 1:300,752 | 16,796 |
| Niger | 219 | 1:87,635 | 3,720 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Amsami (641) may also be a first name.
Amsami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amsami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amsami occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amsami.
How Common Is The Last Name Amsami? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 401,066th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,319,116 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amsami live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 328,586th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 641 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 300,752. In Nigeria Amsami is most frequent in: Yobe, where 55 percent live, Borno, where 33 percent live and Bauchi, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamsami | 92 | 73 | / |
| Amssami | 92 | 46 | / |
| Amsaimi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Eamsamai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aimsamai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hamssami | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hamshami | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ansami | 83 | 22 | / |
| Amzami | 83 | 10 | / |
| Amsama | 83 | 3 | / |
| Amsomi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amsemi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amsame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hamzami | 77 | 75 | / |
| Aimsomi | 77 | 21 | / |
| Amsamma | 77 | 16 | / |
| Hansami | 77 | 9 | / |
| Amzahmi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hamsama | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ansamit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amzamai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amsamhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ansamai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gomsami | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamsamma | 71 | 573 | / |
| Aunsamai | 71 | 92 | / |
| Amshamma | 71 | 46 | / |
| Hansamai | 71 | 13 | / |
| Hanshami | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ahmdjami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamzatmi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamshemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amshoumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amshamed | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gamssame | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amsamooj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hamsammy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ansama | 67 | 190 | / |
| Anjami | 67 | 54 | / |
| Anzami | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hamshamma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amzama | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amseme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hansamuit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Onsami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omsama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ansame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amzamy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ancami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goumssami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ammshamma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amcame | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amsami
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