The Amaya surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,218 people carried this name — #1,057 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,880 people counted. That is up 50% from 22,149 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 30,531 people named Amaya live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Amaya.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Amaya live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
78 people named Amaya is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Amaya in American newspapers,
1942–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,512 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Amaya,
with a public archive behind them.
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Aniya la Gitana 1855–1933 · singer -
Carmen Amaya 1918–1963 · actor -
Luis Amaya 1937– · association football player -
Luis Amaya 1939–1968 · guitarist -
Rufina Amaya 1943–2007
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 84 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Amaya.
- Amare 486 · U.S. census
- Amari 665 · U.S. census
- Amaro 11,769 · U.S. census
- Amaru 144 · U.S. census
- Amat 394 · U.S. census
- Amato 12,713 · U.S. census
- Amberg 1,151 · U.S. census
- Ambert 289 · U.S. census
- Ambos 279 · U.S. census
- Ambre 145 · U.S. census
- Ambrogi 316 · U.S. census
- Ambrogio 418 · U.S. census
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