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
Amatama is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amatama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amatama is the 1,214,709th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amatama are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Amatama is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 111,662. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 70 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 27 percent reside and South Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
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
- 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 Amatama
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