Adahama Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Adahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 400 | 1:442,857 | 22,710 |
| Niger | 45 | 1:426,489 | 11,711 |
Adahama (555) may also be a first name.
Adahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adahama occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adahama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Adahama is the 671,677th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Adahama reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 357,157th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 555 people.
The surname Adahama is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 400 people, or 1 in 442,857. In Nigeria Adahama is most frequent in: Jigawa, where 37 percent live, Kano, where 34 percent live and Bauchi, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent live.
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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 Adahama
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