Amata is used as a family name or surname in Italy. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amata
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Italy
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Amata

How popular is Amata?

Amata is common in Italy.

Amata is ranked 44083 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amatas grew by 8.187135 per cent to 185 since 2000 and ranked 98099 after elevating 199 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 54.59 64.91
Hispanic or Latino 18.92 19.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 16.22 12.28
Black 8.11 2.92
Amata is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Nigeria which signifies that it is originated from Nigeria. Around 10964 people have been found who wears Amata as their family name. Amata is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,340 Iceland6
567,967 Indonesia6
9,759 Japan5
46,707 New Zealand5
3,904 Ivory Coast4
1,650 Niger3
90,215 Germany3
4,164 Vietnam2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
4,302 Benin2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,151 Brunei2
24,766 Scotland2
18,718 Thailand2
10,395 Latvia2
34,681 Norway2
10,958 Bangladesh1
846 American Samoa1
25,721 Egypt1
38,830 Morocco1
14,618 Guyana1
20,172 Hungary1
17,575 Kuwait1
4,435 Togo1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
80,121 Australia20
12,285 Burkina Faso15
86,938 Spain14
171,702 Canada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,317 England75
51,036 Tanzania61
Countries with hundreds of Amata:
37,202 India917
8,131 Kenya628
7,729 Ghana320
118,274 United States183
57,437 France171
64,630 Brazil143
44,861 Argentina105
Countries with thousands of Amata:
5,015 Nigeria4,738
5,699 Philippines2,449
10,621 Italy1,019
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Country woman Agata Amata from Ottati, Italy aboard the Tartar Prince from Genoa. She is registered to be 17 years old when she arrived in New York on December 18, 1898. Angelo Amata (27) Laborer, 6 years old Antonia Amata, Calogero Amata (17) Shoemaker, 16 years old Carlo Amata, Casella Amata, Domestic Constant Amata, Domenico Amata (40) Laborer, Ginoseff Amata (18) Domestic, and 21 other Amata majority of whom were domestic and others worked as shoemaker and worker, housewife, country man migrated to US.

Amata Namesakes

  • Doreen Amata, Track and field athlete
  • Agatha Amata, Fred Amata's ex-wife
  • Jeta Amata, Filmmaker
  • Doreen Amata, Track and field athlete
  • Mbong Amata, Actress
  • Fred Amata, Actor
  • Zack Amata, Actor
  • Robert Amata, Musician
  • Ifoghale I. Amata, Film writer
  • Maria Amata Collins, Author
  • Koyomi Amata, from 2004 comedy, drama movie Movie box-ing, who played the N.

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