Amame Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Amame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 515 | 1:149,092 | 13,107 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Chile | 59 | 1:298,584 | 8,628 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Amamé (2) are calculated separately.
Amame (66) may also be a first name.
Amame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Marathi: अममे) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Amamé. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amame.
How Common Is The Last Name Amame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amame is the 458,119th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. Amame is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Amame reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most common first name on earth, borne by 66 people.
This surname is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 515 people, or 1 in 149,092. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 33 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 7 percent reside. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Chile, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amame in the Marathi language | ||
| अममे | amame | - |
| Amame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 40 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﻡ | mam | 20 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 20 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 20 |
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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 Amame
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