Ahame Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Ahame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Niger | 61 | 1:314,623 | 9,328 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Ahame (60) may also be a first name.
Ahame Demographics
Ahame Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ahame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahame (Marathi: अहमे) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 948,111th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname Ahame occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ahame reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahame is also the 1,270,172nd most common forename at a global level, held by 60 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 55 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 9 percent are found and Yobe, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Ahame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (91%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahame in the Marathi language | ||
| अहमे | ahame | 50 |
| अहमद | ahamada | 50 |
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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 Ahame
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