Amzah Surname

261,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Amzah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amzah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,0311:128,27312,879
Malaysia3201:92,1696,400
Brunei511:8,2101,032
Nigeria441:4,025,972113,480
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amzah? popularity and diffusion

Amzah is the 261,614th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,858,364 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Amzah reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Amzah is also the 198,786th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,524 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,031 people, or 1 in 128,273. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 25 percent reside, East Java, where 23 percent reside and Jakarta, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 21 percent reside and Brunei, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hamzah9186,036/
Amdzah916/
Amziah913/
Ahmzah912/
Amza895,740/
Hhamzah8390/
Hamdzah8369/
Ahamzah8355/
Hamzaha8338/
Hamziah8320/
Hamzaah831/
Hamza80960,457/
Amzai80641/
Ahmza8042/
Amzaj8032/
Amzha803/
Amzaa802/
Amtza801/
Aumza801/
Amzay801/
Amdza801/
Hamzahah7771/
Hamzaa73880/
Hamzai73724/
Homzah73134/
Hamzea7373/
Emziah7358/
Hammza7332/
Haamza7332/
Ahamza7319/
Hhamza7311/
Hamdza7311/
Hamëza7310/
Hamzsa7310/
Hamzha737/
Haimza736/
Hamzoh735/
Hamzay734/
Hemzah733/
Hamzau732/
Haumza731/
Amdzay731/
Hahmza731/
Haemza731/
Haimzai67583/
Amca67495/
Hamdzai6729/
Emza6710/
Amzo676/
Ahmdzai673/
Hamzhei672/
Amdzhai671/
Ahmdzay671/
Hemdzah671/
Hamzouh671/

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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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