Amzah Surname
Approximately 1,500 people bear this surname
Amzah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,031 | 1:128,273 | 12,879 |
| Malaysia | 320 | 1:92,169 | 6,400 |
| Brunei | 51 | 1:8,210 | 1,032 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amzah (1,524) may also be a first name.
Amzah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amzah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amzah is most common in Indonesia. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Amzah.
How Common Is The Last Name Amzah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amzah is the 261,614th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 4,858,364 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Amzah reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 198,786th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 1,524 people.
The surname Amzah is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,031 people, or 1 in 128,273. In Indonesia Amzah is most numerous in: West Java, where 25 percent live, East Java, where 23 percent live and Jakarta, where 8 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 21 percent live and Brunei, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamzah | 91 | 86,036 | / |
| Amdzah | 91 | 6 | / |
| Amziah | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ahmzah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Amza | 89 | 5,740 | / |
| Hhamzah | 83 | 90 | / |
| Hamdzah | 83 | 69 | / |
| Ahamzah | 83 | 55 | / |
| Hamzaha | 83 | 38 | / |
| Hamziah | 83 | 20 | / |
| Hamzaah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hamza | 80 | 960,457 | / |
| Amzai | 80 | 641 | / |
| Ahmza | 80 | 42 | / |
| Amzaj | 80 | 32 | / |
| Amzha | 80 | 3 | / |
| Amzaa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amtza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aumza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amzay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amdza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamzahah | 77 | 71 | / |
| Hamzaa | 73 | 880 | / |
| Hamzai | 73 | 724 | / |
| Homzah | 73 | 134 | / |
| Hamzea | 73 | 73 | / |
| Emziah | 73 | 58 | / |
| Hammza | 73 | 32 | / |
| Haamza | 73 | 32 | / |
| Ahamza | 73 | 19 | / |
| Hhamza | 73 | 11 | / |
| Hamdza | 73 | 11 | / |
| Hamëza | 73 | 10 | / |
| Hamzsa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Hamzha | 73 | 7 | / |
| Haimza | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hamzoh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hamzay | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hemzah | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hamzau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Haumza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amdzay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hahmza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haemza | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haimzai | 67 | 583 | / |
| Amca | 67 | 495 | / |
| Hamdzai | 67 | 29 | / |
| Emza | 67 | 10 | / |
| Amzo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ahmdzai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hamzhei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amdzhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahmdzay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemdzah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamzouh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amzah
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