Amaya
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Frequency: (2212)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. 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.
2. Japanese: usually written with characters meaning ‘heavenly valley’. It is pronounced Amaya or Amagai in eastern Japan and Amatani in western Japan.
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 53%; Portuguese 12%. Jose (104), Carlos (34), Juan (26), Manuel (25), Francisco (22), Luis (20), Miguel (17), Pedro (16), Jorge (15), Raul (15), Julio (14), Jaime (13).
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