Amema Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Amema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Amema (155) may also be a first name.
Amema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amema (Bengali: আমেমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻢ, Marathi: आमेमा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Amema.
How Common Is The Last Name Amema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,073,555th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Amema reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amema is also the 738,219th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 155 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻢ | amm | - |
| Amema in the Bengali language | ||
| আমেমা | amema | - |
| Amema in the Marathi language | ||
| आमेमा | amema | 50 |
| अमेमा | amema | 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 Amema
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