Amya Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Amya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Amya (1,145) may also be a first name.
Amya Demographics
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Amya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amya (Arabic: أميّا, Hindi: अम्या, Oriya: ଅମୟ, Russian: Амя) is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Amya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amya is the 1,092,155th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Amya reside; 29 percent reside in West Africa and 26 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amya is also the 235,200th most frequently used given name internationally, held by 1,145 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Amya is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 86 percent are found, Far North Region, where 10 percent are found and East Region, where 2 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
Amya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Amya has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Amya surname expanded 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Amya last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Amya earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $22,325,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 46.16% less than the national average, earning $23,230 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମୟ | amaya | - |
| Amya in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्या | amya | 50 |
| अमया | amaya | 27.27 |
| आम्या | amya | 18.18 |
| आमया | amaya | 4.55 |
| Amya in the Russian language | ||
| Амя | ama | - |
| Amya in the Arabic language | ||
| أميّا | amya | - |
| أميا | amya | - |
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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 Amya
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