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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amuiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Amuiya is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Amuiya live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amuiya is also the 2,900,335th most common forename in the world It is held by 15 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 50 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 Amuiya
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