Ameme Surname
Approximately 849 people bear this surname
Ameme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Kenya | 184 | 1:250,978 | 17,076 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 137 | 1:168,403 | 7,617 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ameme (79) may also be a first name.
Ameme Demographics
Ameme Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ameme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ameme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﻪ) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ameme is the 411,077th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,583,682 people. The last name Ameme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ameme live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ameme is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 79 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.
Ameme Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ameme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ameme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﻪ | mmh | - |
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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 Ameme
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