Amélia Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Amélia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 283 | 1:36,814 | 2,219 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 6 | 1:29,570 | 1,440 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Amelia (61,423) are calculated separately.
Amélia (138,025) may also be a first name.
Amélia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amélia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amélia is found most frequently in Portugal. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Amelia. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amélia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 646,966th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Amélia live; 60 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent live in Iberian Europe. Amélia is also the 7,576th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 138,025 people.
It is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 36,814. Excluding Portugal this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Angola, where 10 percent live.
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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 Amélia
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