de Amaya Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Uruguay

de Amaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Amaya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain471:994,72437,216
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
El Salvador41:1,585,9724,802
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

de Amaya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Amaya Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Amaya occurs in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Amaya? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Amaya is the 2,255,512th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The last name de Amaya occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of de Amaya are found; 66 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

The last name de Amaya is most numerous in Spain, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 994,724. In Spain de Amaya is most common in: Extremadura, where 60 percent reside and Catalonia, where 40 percent reside. Apart from Spain this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Uruguay, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Ama8686/
de Aima802/
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de Omaa801/
de Omaia751/
da Ama7112/
de Oma716/
De Ami711/
de Emoy67101/
da Asmy674/
de Oima673/
de Ames673/
de Game672/
de Gomy672/
de Amit672/
da Amma671/
de Amer671/
da Hama671/
de Hamer63331/
de Amois632/
de Gamio631/
de Haime631/
de Heaume595/
de Hammer591/
De-Oma5712/
da Ami572/
di Ame571/
De-Emoy536/
di Amio533/
Da-Amoy531/
da Amed531/
de Gome531/
de Gomme505/
di Ahmed501/
da Hamid501/
da Ahmed501/
da Aimee501/
da Ahmet501/
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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 de Amaya
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