Ahama Surname
Approximately 9,719 people bear this surname
Ahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,736 | 1:133,728 | 8,555 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| DR Congo | 971 | 1:76,086 | 8,832 |
| Niger | 580 | 1:33,090 | 1,829 |
| Thailand | 480 | 1:147,163 | 23,197 |
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| Indonesia | 115 | 1:1,149,993 | 82,063 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ahama (5,339) may also be a first name.
Ahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahama (Arabic: شحيمـي, Hindi: अहमा, Marathi: अहमा, Oriya: ଅହମା) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,606th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 749,825 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 65 percent of Ahama live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 92,278th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 5,339 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 5,736 people, or 1 in 133,728. In India it is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 97 percent reside, Gujarat, where 2 percent reside and Bihar, where 0 percent reside. Apart from India this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 16 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅହମା | ahama | 96 |
| ଆହମା | ahama | 4 |
| Ahama in the Hindi language | ||
| अहमा | ahama | 71.43 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 17.14 |
| आहमा | ahama | 5.71 |
| आहामा | ahama | 2.86 |
| अहाम | ahama | 2.86 |
| Ahama in the Marathi language | ||
| अहमा | ahama | 42.86 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 28.57 |
| अहामा | ahama | 14.29 |
| आहमा | ahama | 14.29 |
| Ahama in the Arabic language | ||
| شحيمـي | shhymy | - |
| شحيمي | shhymy | - |
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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
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- 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 Ahama
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