Family name アメリカ (America 
, Amerika 
, アメリカ 
) , around the globe, is a common last name. The cognomen アメリカ is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Mexico, where it is quite a common surname, Venezuela, and Honduras, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Mexico, Venezuela, and Spain. More prevalently, アメリカ is the forename as well as the last name.