Ama is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ama
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ama

How popular is Ama?

Ama is common in Nigeria.

Ama is ranked 9272 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amas grew by 45.45454 per cent to 352 since 2000 and ranked 57781 after elevating 16617 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 34.09 34.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 29.26 23.55
Black 20.74 16.53
Hispanic or Latino 11.93 12.4
Ama is quite popular family name mostly used in Indonesia while Ghana is ahead in terms of density. Around 58211 people have been found who wears Ama as their family name. Ama is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
5,340 Iceland6
8,582 Japan6
13,220 Thailand6
1,322 Niger4
10,686 Costa Rica3
1,851 Togo3
16,136 Kenya3
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
14,521 Portugal2
10,858 Tunisia2
24,766 Scotland2
21,529 Singapore2
54,641 Sweden2
147,165 Czech Republic2
8,995 Uganda2
34,681 Norway2
44,018 Poland2
9,272 Ecuador2
26,123 Malaysia2
34,572 Israel2
5,671 Guatemala2
4,302 Benin2
23,344 Austria2
19,046 Ireland2
8,500 Dominican Republic1
9,116 Nicaragua1
42,479 Greece1
3,586 Honduras1
49,101 Denmark1
2,505 Congo1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,542 Andorra1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,314 Bolivia1
7,110 Bosnia1
8,181 Botswana1
4,249 Cambodia1
34,581 Chile1
7,292 Vietnam1
29,774 Venezuela1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
5,872 Namibia1
5,924 Paraguay1
3,275 Nepal1
17,768 Pakistan1
2,040 Mali1
2,196 Liberia1
20,172 Hungary1
2,057 Isle of Man1
6,212 Jamaica1
8,371 Syria1
14,373 Jordan1
17,575 Kuwait1
1,179 Swaziland1
12,270 Lebanon1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,867 Canada50
14,946 New Zealand38
36,547 Switzerland27
62,494 Netherlands22
52,530 Belgium22
85,784 Australia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,993 Spain98
10,451 United Arab Emirates92
1,795 Bahrain86
56,973 South Africa73
5,630 Burkina Faso59
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Ama:
5,898 Tanzania851
6,878 Mexico785
3,059 Sri Lanka783
7,880 Egypt715
12,805 Iran614
7,314 Saudi Arabia462
56,062 United States462
14,526 Turkey454
24,414 France404
28,188 Italy336
34,330 Germany303
22,458 England226
6,753 Colombia192
1,923 El Salvador172
36,751 Argentina134
15,064 Romania125
2,914 Mauritania105
Countries with thousands of Ama:
432 Ghana9,266
11,749 India4,002
4,451 Philippines3,029
5,314 Brazil2,623
1,546 Ivory Coast1,607
4,536 Algeria1,517
3,781 Morocco1,342
3,271 Cameroon1,090
Countries with ten thousands of Ama:
1,204 Indonesia13,024
1,949 Nigeria12,838
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Porter Giovanni Ama from Italy aboard the Aller from Naples. He is registered to be 24 years old when he arrived in New York on August 6, 1900.

Comments

H
Hermelinda Brott
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the Basque ama meaning mother that name specifies an ancestral feature.

Ama Namesakes

  • Najeeb Amar, Cricketer
  • Abdel-Moneim Amayri, Actor
  • Abdelhameed Amarri, Soccer player
  • Abdelkader Amar, Soccer player
  • Abdelkrim Amar, Actor
  • Abdellah Amarjouf, Actor
  • Abdenour Amachaibou, Soccer player
  • Kader Amadou, Soccer player
  • Hamad Aman, Soccer player
  • Abdulla Saleh Aman, Soccer player

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