Adamah Surname
Approximately 8,168 people bear this surname
Adamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 5,611 | 1:4,816 | 679 |
| Togo | 1,890 | 1:3,835 | 622 |
| Nigeria | 204 | 1:868,347 | 37,996 |
| Israel | 198 | 1:43,220 | 5,842 |
| Liberia | 75 | 1:58,780 | 5,161 |
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Adamah (1,256) may also be a first name.
Adamah Demographics
Average Adamah Salary in
United States
$33,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Adamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adamah (Arabic: اضميه) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adamah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 61,557th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 892,207 people. The last name Adamah is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Adamah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 222,733rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 1,256 people.
Adamah is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 5,611 people, or 1 in 4,816. Excluding Ghana this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Adamah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Adamah earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.49% less than the national average, earning $33,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 46.55% less than the national average, earning $26,555 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adamah in the Arabic language | ||
| اضميه | admyh | - |
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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 Adamah
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