Alamu Surname
Approximately 19,397 people bear this surname
Alamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18,319 | 1:9,670 | 1,059 |
| Tanzania | 263 | 1:201,299 | 17,178 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| South Africa | 100 | 1:541,777 | 42,852 |
| England | 88 | 1:633,160 | 37,224 |
| Uganda | 61 | 1:639,988 | 33,288 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Zambia | 32 | 1:495,310 | 22,215 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Alamu (5,509) may also be a first name.
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Alamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alamu (Hindi: आलमू, Marathi: आलमू, Oriya: ଆଲମୂ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alamu.
How Common Is The Last Name Alamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alamu is the 27,726th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 375,705 people. Alamu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Alamu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 90,460th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 5,509 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 18,319 people, or 1 in 9,670. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 47 percent reside, Osun, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Alamu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Alamu surname is chiefly Christian (61%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Alamu are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Alamu earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 37.66% less than the national average, earning R 148,140 per year; in United States they earn 18.54% less than the national average, earning $35,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.87% less than the national average, earning $31,863 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲମୂ | alamu | - |
| Alamu in the Hindi language | ||
| आलमू | alamu | 45.74 |
| अलमू | alamu | 25.53 |
| अलमु | alamu | 12.77 |
| अलामू | alamu | 6.38 |
| अलामु | alamu | 5.32 |
| आलमु | alamu | 4.26 |
| Alamu in the Marathi language | ||
| आलमू | alamu | 35.71 |
| अलमु | alamu | 25 |
| अलमू | alamu | 17.86 |
| अलामु | alamu | 7.14 |
| आलमु | alamu | 3.57 |
| अलामू | alamu | 3.57 |
| सालम | salama | 3.57 |
| मलाहु | malahu | 3.57 |
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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 Alamu
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