Amuya Surname
Approximately 755 people bear this surname
Amuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 613 | 1:63,686 | 7,260 |
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amuya (67) may also be a first name.
Amuya Demographics
Amuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amuya (Hindi: आमुया, Marathi: अमुया, Oriya: ଅମୂଲ) is most common in Uganda. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amuya.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 450,362nd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,652,379 people. The surname Amuya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amuya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Amuya is also the 1,191,548th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 67 people.
Amuya is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 613 people, or 1 in 63,686. In Uganda Amuya is most common in: Pallisa District, where 38 percent live, Bukedea District, where 25 percent live and Kumi District, where 11 percent live. Barring Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Amuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amuya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amuya in the Hindi language | ||
| आमुया | amuya | - |
| Amuya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମୂଲ | amula | - |
| Amuya in the Marathi language | ||
| अमुया | amuya | - |
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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 Amuya
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