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
Average Amya Salary in
United States
$23,230 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,092,155th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname Amya occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Amya are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 26 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 235,200th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,145 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Amya is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 86 percent live, Far North Region, where 10 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
Amya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Amya has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Amya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with 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
- 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 Amya
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