Amatama Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Amatama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 186 | 1:111,662 | 12,987 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
Amatama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amatama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amatama occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatama? popularity and diffusion
Amatama is the 1,214,709th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. Amatama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amatama reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Amatama is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 111,662. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 70 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 27 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amatamat | 93 | 2 | / |
| Aimatama | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hamatama | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hamaatama | 88 | 417 | / |
| Amathamma | 88 | 12 | / |
| Amatahmad | 88 | 2 | / |
| Aimatauma | 88 | 1 | / |
| Omatama | 86 | 27 | / |
| Amatami | 86 | 16 | / |
| Ematama | 86 | 6 | / |
| Amatame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amatoma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hamataemah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Aimauttama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahamatamad | 82 | 1 | / |
| Haimatamma | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ahmatami | 80 | 14 | / |
| Asmatami | 80 | 6 | / |
| Amatoema | 80 | 4 | / |
| Emaetama | 80 | 3 | / |
| Emataema | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amatouma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amattamot | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gomatamma | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amathomas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amatamott | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ahamatahamat | 74 | 1 | / |
| Omatoma | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ematema | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ametema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amatomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emetama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omatami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amattamout | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omotama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amatomo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amatomis | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ametamey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omotamah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omatameh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamatomi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amatama
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