Amaya is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 5 characters long in length.

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

How popular is Amaya?

Amaya is common in Spain.

Amaya is ranked 1860 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amayas grew by 49.97517 per cent to 33218 since 2000 and ranked 1057 after elevating 416 spots. The last name was found in around 113 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 94.15 93.44
White 4.45 5.18
Black 0.62 0.37
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.37
Others 0.2 0.43
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0.2
Amaya is quite popular family name mostly used in Colombia while El Salvador is ahead in terms of density. Around 294140 people have been found who wears Amaya as their family name. Amaya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
25,156 Azerbaijan5
10,542 China4
59,967 Moldova4
35,789 Turkey3
25,074 Greece3
1,272 Cuba3
19,452 Malaysia3
21,529 Singapore2
14,004 Hungary2
65,594 Belgium2
5,300 Syria2
4,367 Afghanistan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
5,318 Iraq2
3,871 Paraguay2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
10,284 Kuwait2
34,681 Norway2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
123,175 Tanzania1
38,063 Mauritania1
50,549 Georgia1
408 Åland1
2,374 Bermuda1
30,360 Thailand1
6,820 Angola1
10,958 Bangladesh1
49,529 Israel1
37,493 Austria1
16,228 Bulgaria1
340 Comoros1
1,572 Macau1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,830 Morocco1
17,768 Pakistan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
2,078 Lesotho1
58,885 Poland1
25,746 Finland1
5,553 Taiwan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
16,283 Lithuania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
130,701 Ukraine28
9,692 Ireland27
2,887 Japan25
18,457 Scotland20
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,740 Romania84
15,572 Switzerland72
33,970 Netherlands66
3,881 Hong Kong59
237,542 India53
139,020 Indonesia53
Countries with hundreds of Amaya:
2,883 Sri Lanka848
15,719 Brazil843
7,276 Canada576
19,380 Germany538
500 Costa Rica513
22,942 France429
7,351 Cameroon396
1,974 Dominican Republic324
1,833 Uruguay257
22,078 England231
39,356 Italy213
6,208 Sweden152
101,798 Russia114
592 Belize112
2,121 Puerto Rico109
22,774 Australia108
Countries with thousands of Amaya:
354 Guatemala7,073
739 Ecuador3,683
846 Chile2,374
296 Panama1,876
7,765 Philippines1,869
464 Nicaragua1,732
3,633 Kenya1,569
1,190 Bolivia1,119
Countries with ten thousands of Amaya:
115 Colombia78,890
423 Mexico44,207
23 El Salvador37,512
61 Honduras27,833
1,798 United States22,101
298 Venezuela17,109
274 Argentina15,573
430 Peru12,141
489 Spain11,044
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Amaya Namesakes

  • Efraín Amaya, Composer
  • Adonis Amaya, Soccer player
  • Alejandro Amaya, Matador
  • Ariel Amaya, Soccer player
  • Ramón Amaya Amador, Author
  • Rafael Amaya, Actor
  • Carmen Amaya, Flamenco Dancer
  • Antonio Amaya, Soccer player
  • Alejandro Amaya, Matador
  • Daisuke Amaya, Game developer
  • In 2014 horror film, Sunset Sabbath, Angelica Amaya portrayed Morgan Widow.
  • Vanessa Amaya, from 2018 adventure, drama film The Truth, who played the Family Friend.
  • In 2015, Trinidad Amaya portrayed the role of Officer in drama flick Blessed Encounters.
  • Robert Amaya, from 0 comedy flick Winging It!, who characterized the Chuck.

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