Abamah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Abamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Abamah (12) may also be a first name.
Abamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abamah is most common in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Abamah? popularity and diffusion
Abamah is the 8,968,613th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Abamah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Abamah are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Abamah is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 50 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Abamah
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