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 last name Amélia is held by more people in Portugal than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Amelia. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amélia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 646,966th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,571,679 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Amélia are found; 60 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 7,576th most widely held given name in the world, held by 138,025 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 36,814. Outside of Portugal it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Angola, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Amélia
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