Amaya Name Meaning

Spanish: habitational name, from the name of a mountain and an ancient city in the province of Burgos, probably derived from Basque amai ‘end’ + the article suffix -a. Japanese: usually written with characters meaning ‘heavenly valley’. It is pronounced Amaya or Amagai in eastern Japan and Amatani in western Japan.

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List of People with Surname Amaya

Based on our public records, there are a total of 22,128 people with the surname Amaya. Among these people surnamed Amaya, there are approximately 1,132 distinct names, with an average of 19 people who share the same name. Juan Amaya, Carlos Amaya and Luis Amaya are the top three most widely-used names from the list of people surnamed Amaya, with 524, 422 and 315 people respectively.

In addition, Our data shows that California has the most people surnamed Amaya, with a total of 6,648 people, and there are a total of 915 distinct names among these people. Texas is the second-most populous state for people with the surname Amaya, with a total of 4,786 people and an average of 821 distinct names.

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