Amuja Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Amuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 168 | 1:232,377 | 17,736 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amuja (99) may also be a first name.
Amuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amuja (Marathi: अमुजा, Oriya: ଅମୁଜ) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amuja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 990,978th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Amuja are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 47 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Amuja is also the 951,070th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 99 people.
This last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 232,377. In Uganda Amuja is most prevalent in: Oyam District, where 31 percent reside, Lira District, where 18 percent reside and Ngora District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amuja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମୁଜ | amuja | 80 |
| ଅମୁଯ | amuya | 20 |
| Amuja in the Marathi language | ||
| अमुजा | amuja | 60 |
| अनुजा | anuja | 40 |
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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 Amuja
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