Arama Surname
Approximately 28,472 people bear this surname
Arama Surname User-submission:
The Arama surname comes from a little village Arama in Spain (Basque country). Jews used to adopt as a surname the city where they came from.
Arama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 15,230 | 1:1,114 | 125 |
| Burkina Faso | 5,398 | 1:3,400 | 419 |
| Moldova | 1,773 | 1:2,009 | 241 |
| Romania | 1,501 | 1:13,376 | 1,714 |
| Algeria | 1,324 | 1:29,178 | 5,325 |
| Kenya | 572 | 1:80,734 | 7,443 |
| India | 367 | 1:2,090,096 | 70,731 |
| Yemen | 362 | 1:72,998 | 5,049 |
| France | 233 | 1:285,076 | 43,747 |
| Nigeria | 230 | 1:770,186 | 34,704 |
| Iran | 181 | 1:424,213 | 26,676 |
| Russia | 163 | 1:884,191 | 70,663 |
| Turkey | 139 | 1:559,866 | 30,777 |
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 102 | 1:79,938 | 10,532 |
| Ukraine | 63 | 1:722,582 | 75,033 |
| Israel | 62 | 1:138,026 | 14,788 |
| Spain | 59 | 1:792,407 | 32,853 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 1:87,083 | 12,256 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Philippines | 45 | 1:2,249,738 | 125,194 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Chile | 15 | 1:1,174,432 | 21,998 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 1:3,030 | 708 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Aramă (620) & Aramà (1) are calculated separately.
Arama (4,178) may also be a first name.
Arama Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Arama surname comes from a little village Arama in Spain (Basque country). Jews used to adopt as a surname the city where they came from.
- rhmuchnikArama Demographics
Average Arama Salary in
United States
$54,713 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arama (Arabic: لعرامي, Georgian: არამა, Hindi: अरमा, Marathi: अरमा, Oriya: ଆରାମା, Russian: Арама) is more commonly found in Mali than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Aramă or Aramà. For other possible spellings of Arama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arama? popularity and diffusion
Arama is the 19,308th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 255,955 people. Arama is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Arama are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 107,394th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 4,178 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mali, where it is held by 15,230 people, or 1 in 1,114. Beside Mali Arama is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 19 percent live and Moldova, where 6 percent live.
Arama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Arama has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Arama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Arama surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Arama are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Arama earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 29.42% less than the national average, earning $16,024,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 26.8% more than the national average, earning $54,713 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.21% less than the national average, earning $44,116 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arama in the Georgian language | ||
| არამა | arama | - |
| Arama in the Hindi language | ||
| अरमा | arama | 33.33 |
| आरामा | arama | 25.93 |
| आरमा | arama | 25.93 |
| अरामा | arama | 9.26 |
| आराम | arama | 3.7 |
| ारामा | arama | 1.85 |
| Arama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରାମା | arama | 25.45 |
| ଏରାମା | erama | 23.64 |
| ଆରମା | arama | 18.18 |
| ଅରମା | arama | 16.36 |
| ଆରାମ | arama | 5.45 |
| ଏରାମ | erama | 5.45 |
| ଆରମାା | aramaa | 1.82 |
| ଆାମା | aama | 1.82 |
| Arama in the Marathi language | ||
| अरमा | arama | 23.08 |
| एरमा | erama | 23.08 |
| अरामा | arama | 15.38 |
| अरशद | arasada | 7.69 |
| अरमेा | aramea | 7.69 |
| आरमा | arama | 7.69 |
| अरमान | aramana | 7.69 |
| अेारमा | aearama | 7.69 |
| Arama in the Russian language | ||
| Арама | arama | - |
| Arama in the Arabic language | ||
| لعرامي | lramy | - |
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