Atama Surname
Approximately 15,704 people bear this surname
Atama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,622 | 1:31,509 | 2,628 |
| Uganda | 4,333 | 1:9,010 | 1,542 |
| DR Congo | 2,606 | 1:28,350 | 3,560 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Cameroon | 294 | 1:70,643 | 8,863 |
| Indonesia | 257 | 1:514,588 | 41,930 |
| Kenya | 212 | 1:217,830 | 15,493 |
| India | 190 | 1:4,037,186 | 109,278 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Niger | 86 | 1:223,163 | 7,312 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Turkey | 55 | 1:1,414,935 | 56,482 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Japan | 19 | 1:6,728,647 | 42,320 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Atama (5,412) may also be a first name.
Atama Demographics
Atama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Atama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atama (Hindi: ातमा, Marathi: फ़ातमा, Oriya: ଆତମା, Russian: Атама, Tibetan: ཨ་ཏ་མ་) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Atama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Atama is the 33,786th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 464,057 people. Atama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Atama live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atama is also the 91,475th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 5,412 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,622 people, or 1 in 31,509. In Nigeria Atama is most numerous in: Anambra, where 20 percent live, Kaduna, where 19 percent live and Enugu, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.
Atama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Atama last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (90%) in Nigeria.
The amount Atama earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 13.23% less than the national average, earning $19,699,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atama in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨ་ཏ་མ་ | atama | - |
| Atama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆତମା | atama | 86.67 |
| ଅତମା | atama | 6.67 |
| ଆତାମା | atama | 6.67 |
| Atama in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ातमा | fatama | 82.11 |
| अतमा | atama | 8.42 |
| फातमा | phatama | 2.11 |
| अजमल | ajamala | 2.11 |
| आतमा | atama | 1.05 |
| आत्मा | atma | 1.05 |
| Atama in the Hindi language | ||
| ातमा | atama | 37.84 |
| आतमा | atama | 35.14 |
| आत्मा | atma | 9.01 |
| अतमा | atama | 8.11 |
| अतामा | atama | 4.5 |
| ़ातमा | atama | 1.8 |
| अतम | atama | 0.9 |
| आत्म | atma | 0.9 |
| Atama in the Russian language | ||
| Атама | atama | - |
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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 Atama
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