Armah Surname
Approximately 55,021 people bear this surname
Armah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 51,192 | 1:528 | 63 |
| Liberia | 1,760 | 1:2,505 | 326 |
| Indonesia | 564 | 1:234,484 | 21,651 |
| United States | 460 | 1:787,954 | 60,928 |
| England | 353 | 1:157,842 | 14,874 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Yemen | 120 | 1:220,211 | 8,913 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Ivory Coast | 43 | 1:536,540 | 16,589 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Jamaica | 14 | 1:204,996 | 5,998 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Armah (10,371) may also be a first name.
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Armah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Armah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Armah (Hindi: अरमह) occurs most in Ghana. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Armah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Armah is the 10,230th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 132,450 people. The last name Armah occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Armah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 59,780th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 10,371 people.
Armah is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 51,192 people, or 1 in 528. Not including Ghana it occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Armah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Armah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 5,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Armah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Armah last name are 44.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.96% being registered with the political party.
The amount Armah earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.76% less than the national average, earning R 193,068 per year; in United States they earn 10.8% more than the national average, earning $47,809 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.01% less than the national average, earning $40,733 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Armah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Armah in the Hindi language | ||
| अरमह | aramaha | - |
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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 Armah
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