Amem Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Amem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Amem (639) may also be a first name.
Amem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amem (Marathi: अमेम) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amem is the 945,594th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Amem are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amem is also the 329,113th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 639 people.
The last name Amem is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria Amem is most numerous in: Benue, where 68 percent reside, Rivers, where 11 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent reside and Iran, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amem in the Marathi language | ||
| अमेम | amema | - |
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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 Amem
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