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
Amzah is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amzah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amzah is the 261,614th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,858,364 people. The surname Amzah is mostly found 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 widely held first name in the world, borne by 1,524 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,031 people, or 1 in 128,273. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 25 percent are found, East Java, where 23 percent are found and Jakarta, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia Amzah occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 21 percent are found and Brunei, where 3 percent are found.
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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