Amua Surname
Approximately 1,738 people bear this surname
Amua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 864 | 1:205,026 | 12,246 |
| Uganda | 479 | 1:81,502 | 8,694 |
| Papua New Guinea | 253 | 1:32,228 | 3,738 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Solomon Islands | 43 | 1:13,489 | 2,481 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Amua (540) may also be a first name.
Amua Demographics
Amua Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amua (Hindi: अमुआ, Oriya: ଆମୁଆ, Russian: Амуа) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 232,309th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,193,064 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Amua reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 362,702nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 540 people.
The last name Amua is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 205,026. In Nigeria Amua is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 78 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Taraba, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.
Amua Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amua in the Hindi language | ||
| अमुआ | amu'a | - |
| Amua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆମୁଆ | amu'a | - |
| Amua in the Russian language | ||
| Амуа | amua | - |
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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 Amua
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