A M Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

A M Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

A M Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

A M Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name A M Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname A M is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of A M.

How Common Is The Last Name A M? popularity and diffusion

The surname A M is the 4,427,875th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of A M are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

A M is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 70 percent live, Kogi, where 10 percent live and Yobe, where 10 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 20 percent live and India, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
A Ma8637/
Ai M863/
Au M861/
A Mi861/
A Mo861/
Am80167,350/
Au Ma7516/
Ah Mu7514/
A Mai759/
Yaa M757/
Ua Ma757/
Iya M753/
A Mah753/
A Moh752/
Ah Mo752/
A Moi752/
Ae Mi752/
Ay Em751/
A Moo751/
A Meh751/
A Mua751/
Yau M751/
Ah Me751/
A Yam751/
Aa Ma751/
Ao Ma751/
Ya Ma751/
A Hem751/
Ai My751/
Aw Me751/
Ama6776,234/
Yam6761,998/
Aem6747,644/
Amy6742,142/
Amo6736,392/
Ame6736,065/
Ami6735,843/
Aam6720,410/
Iam6720,382/
Amu6719,718/
Aom6713,082/
Ahm678,671/
Amm674,382/
Aum673,511/
Aim672,776/
Uam67802/
Ajm67736/
Ah Him67490/
Eam67350/
Ah Moi67292/
Ah Moy67168/
Ya Amm67153/
Amh67105/
Ah Mui6779/
Oam6773/
Amw6763/
Amé6726/
Aym6721/
Amú6714/
Ah Mai6712/
Oa Ume6711/
A Moyi6710/
Aïm6710/
Ah Mee6710/
Amà678/
Amè678/
Awm678/
Amá675/
Ah Mei675/
Ah Yam673/
Ya Mei673/
Ah May673/
Aye Mu673/
A Maie673/
Ah Imm672/
E M672/
Ai Mei672/
Ah Moo671/
Ah Moe671/
A Hami671/
A Umah671/
A Amma671/
Amô671/
Yao Me671/
Ai May671/
Ah Mau671/
Ah Moh671/
Ah Mou671/
Amî671/
Amò671/
Amù671/
Amā671/
A Miah671/
Au Miu671/
Ai Mai671/
A Amao671/
A Umeh671/
Ya Omy671/
Ae Mee671/
Ae Uam671/
Ai Moi671/
Ah Aim671/
Ah Eam671/
Ah Ham671/
Ao Mei671/
Aye Mi671/
Ah Yim670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 A M
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