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 more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adahama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 671,677th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. The surname Adahama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adahama are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adahama is also the 357,157th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 555 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 400 people, or 1 in 442,857. In Nigeria it 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 occurs in one country. It is also found 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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