Amajam Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Amajam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Amajam (95) may also be a first name.
Amajam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amajam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amajam (Marathi: अमजाम, Oriya: ଅମଜମ) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Amajam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amajam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Amajam is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Amajam live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most widespread forename internationally, borne by 95 people.
The surname Amajam is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 85 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Yobe, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amajam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amajam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମଜମ | amajama | - |
| Amajam in the Marathi language | ||
| अमजाम | amajama | 50 |
| आमजम | amajama | 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
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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 Amajam
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