Mama Forename
2,345th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 434,978 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Burundi
Highest density in:
Burundi
Mama Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 88% | 49,965 | 1:198 | 22 |
| Mali | 51% | 44,182 | 1:384 | 73 |
| Algeria | 97% | 39,531 | 1:966 | 188 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 35,225 | 1:613 | 111 |
| Nigeria | 52% | 28,098 | 1:6,319 | 951 |
| Egypt | 99% | 25,440 | 1:3,612 | 458 |
| Guinea | 69% | 23,012 | 1:515 | 87 |
| Senegal | 70% | 21,204 | 1:688 | 122 |
| Ethiopia | 97% | 18,032 | 1:5,410 | 872 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 15,560 | 1:742 | 196 |
| Benin | 100% | 14,386 | 1:735 | 144 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 12,173 | 1:1,896 | 206 |
| Liberia | 99% | 9,642 | 1:458 | 94 |
| Philippines | 96% | 9,593 | 1:11,051 | 1,454 |
| Mauritania | 97% | 8,620 | 1:475 | 73 |
| India | 81% | 8,176 | 1:148,591 | 16,534 |
| Myanmar | - | 6,038 | 1:8,604 | 303 |
| Bangladesh | - | 5,957 | 1:26,769 | 2,776 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 5,651 | 1:3,252 | 450 |
| Poland | 70% | 4,712 | 1:8,070 | 396 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 4,396 | 1:16,794 | 1,462 |
| Niger | 70% | 4,163 | 1:4,608 | 565 |
| Afghanistan | 91% | 3,234 | 1:10,088 | 1,045 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,174 | 1:17,181 | 2,520 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| Gambia | - | 2,614 | 1:737 | 162 |
| Indonesia | 91% | 2,565 | 1:100,571 | 11,289 |
| Togo | - | 2,555 | 1:2,833 | 470 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,484 | 1:13,828 | 979 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,472 | 1:10,917 | 1,028 |
| United States | 70% | 1,776 | 1:204,131 | 7,211 |
| Chad | 60% | 1,730 | 1:7,860 | 1,235 |
| France | 100% | 1,699 | 1:39,123 | 1,332 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,512 | 1:11,179 | 1,298 |
| Somalia | - | 1,396 | 1:9,689 | 958 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83% | 908 | 1:8,978 | 903 |
| Russia | 94% | 793 | 1:181,884 | 2,796 |
| Spain | 77% | 755 | 1:61,629 | 2,243 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Thailand | 71% | 584 | 1:119,976 | 9,473 |
| Mexico | 100% | 539 | 1:230,324 | 3,854 |
| Nepal | 70% | 475 | 1:59,973 | 4,054 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 412 | 1:128,127 | 6,460 |
| England | 95% | 407 | 1:136,617 | 4,635 |
| Belgium | 100% | 291 | 1:39,485 | 2,180 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 271 | 1:26,391 | 2,604 |
| Pakistan | 53% | 261 | 1:744,665 | 14,740 |
| Argentina | - | 240 | 1:178,222 | 2,359 |
| Portugal | - | 240 | 1:43,379 | 1,571 |
| Canada | 100% | 236 | 1:140,396 | 6,204 |
| Germany | 81% | 210 | 1:460,371 | 5,044 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 177 | 1:172,034 | 10,374 |
| Kenya | - | 160 | 1:289,419 | 10,229 |
| Romania | - | 136 | 1:147,441 | 5,711 |
| Guatemala | - | 131 | 1:122,965 | 2,417 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Belarus | 84% | 115 | 1:82,456 | 888 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Turkey | 96% | 95 | 1:818,965 | 8,998 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| Iran | 100% | 92 | 1:853,227 | 7,896 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Brazil | - | 71 | 1:3,017,411 | 55,724 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Haiti | 100% | 59 | 1:181,813 | 8,404 |
| New Zealand | - | 56 | 1:81,001 | 3,730 |
| Iraq | - | 48 | 1:729,539 | 6,887 |
| Kazakhstan | 93% | 43 | 1:412,717 | 6,650 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 43 | 1:552,783 | 29,454 |
| Venezuela | - | 41 | 1:736,632 | 17,458 |
| Peru | 100% | 38 | 1:836,617 | 12,088 |
| Qatar | - | 38 | 1:62,358 | 7,477 |
| Colombia | - | 37 | 1:1,291,322 | 13,152 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 36 | 1:48,006 | 48 |
| Singapore | - | 36 | 1:174,640 | 8,262 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Italy | 69% | 33 | 1:1,850,366 | 13,218 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 29 | 1:531,856 | 23,445 |
| Australia | - | 27 | 1:505,838 | 7,990 |
| Sweden | 76% | 26 | 1:379,150 | 10,677 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| El Salvador | - | 25 | 1:253,671 | 3,211 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Uganda | 64% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| Albania | 100% | 23 | 1:132,460 | 8,210 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Greece | 100% | 22 | 1:497,025 | 6,710 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 60% | 21 | 1:284,442 | 11,652 |
| Lithuania | - | 21 | 1:140,566 | 1,726 |
| Estonia | - | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Serbia | - | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Tunisia | - | 19 | 1:35,626 | 2,100 |
| Uruguay | - | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Japan | - | 15 | 1:8,532,404 | 32,965 |
| Panama | - | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Chile | - | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| Moldova | - | 14 | 1:254,367 | 2,089 |
| Austria | 100% | 13 | 1:654,939 | 5,517 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Nicaragua | - | 12 | 1:501,528 | 8,668 |
| Congo | 50% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 11 | 1:746,681 | 9,974 |
| Ukraine | 83% | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| Czechia | 71% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Lesotho | 71% | 10 | 1:204,000 | 14,165 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Paraguay | - | 10 | 1:723,680 | 5,820 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 8 | 1:440,557 | 4,640 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| Honduras | - | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Hungary | 95% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| North Macedonia | - | 7 | 1:298,680 | 7,602 |
| Montenegro | - | 7 | 1:90,654 | 2,656 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Armenia | 50% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6 | 1:591,717 | 4,217 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Andorra | - | 5 | 1:16,577 | 726 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Latvia | 100% | 5 | 1:403,129 | 3,324 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Slovakia | - | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Transnistria | - | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Finland | - | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Mamá (337), Mamã (28), Mamà (25), Mamä (1), Máma (3), Mámá (2), Màmà (1) & Mâmâ (1) are calculated separately.
Mama (141,066) may also be a surname.
Mama Forename Popularity
Mama Demographics
Mama Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 41 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Mama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mama in the Russian language | ||
| Мама | mama | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mama