How common is the last name Amaya?

36,144 people in the United States have the last name Amaya, about 1 in 8,270. It ranks #949 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

AMAYA

#949

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,144
About
1 in 8,270
This common or more
39.1%
Who bears it

Of the 36,144 people with the last name Amaya, 94.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Amaya

#947 Nieves · 36,188#948 Esquivel · 36,172#950 Dougherty · 36,142#951 Parra · 36,137

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amaya, most common first.

#72,089 Amayo · 291#124,450 Amay · 145

Also a first name

As a first name, Amaya ranks #1,278 of 53,615, with 29,006 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2018, with 2,280 births. See Amaya as a first name

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