Amuiya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Amuiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Amuiya (15) may also be a first name.
Amuiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amuiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amuiya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuiya? popularity and diffusion
Amuiya is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Amuiya are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Amuiya is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 50 percent live.
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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 Amuiya
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