Avame Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Avame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Avame (173) may also be a first name.
Avame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Avame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Avame occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Avame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 84 percent of Avame live; 84 percent live in Oceania Islands and 84 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 694,534th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 173 people.
Avame is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea Avame is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 95 percent are found, East New Britain, where 3 percent are found and Northern, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Avame
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