Ammah Surname
Approximately 3,865 people bear this surname
Ammah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,355 | 1:11,474 | 1,518 |
| Indonesia | 301 | 1:439,366 | 36,688 |
| Lebanon | 276 | 1:20,424 | 2,468 |
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Jordan | 117 | 1:75,576 | 6,196 |
| Malaysia | 110 | 1:268,129 | 14,980 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Philippines | 46 | 1:2,200,831 | 124,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Palestine | 30 | 1:151,628 | 8,274 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Ammah (1,975) may also be a first name.
Ammah Demographics
Ammah Political Affiliation
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Ammah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ammah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ammah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺎﻩ) is most common in Ghana. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ammah? popularity and diffusion
Ammah is the 118,939th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,885,523 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Ammah reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 170,317th most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 1,975 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 2,355 people, or 1 in 11,474. Outside of Ghana this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Lebanon, where 7 percent live.
Ammah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Druze (63%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Ammah last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ammah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.47% less than the national average, earning $39,496 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.03% less than the national average, earning $46,190 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ammah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ammah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 42.86 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﻩ | mah | 42.86 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 7.14 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻩ | amah | 7.14 |
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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 Ammah
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