Abama Surname
Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname
Abama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 672 | 1:263,605 | 15,096 |
| Cameroon | 561 | 1:37,022 | 4,966 |
| Turkey | 117 | 1:665,140 | 34,634 |
| Russia | 76 | 1:1,896,356 | 120,402 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Abama (470) may also be a first name.
Abama Demographics
Abama Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Abama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abama (Marathi: आबामा, Oriya: ଆବମା, Russian: Абама) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Abama is the 255,243rd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,713,807 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Abama reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Abama is also the 392,739th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 470 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 672 people, or 1 in 263,605. In Nigeria Abama is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 33 percent reside, Ondo, where 18 percent reside and Taraba, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent reside and Turkey, where 8 percent reside.
Abama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆବମା | abama | - |
| Abama in the Marathi language | ||
| आबामा | abama | - |
| Abama in the Russian language | ||
| Абама | abama | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Abama
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