Ayamah Surname
Approximately 1,084 people bear this surname
Ayamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Cameroon | 135 | 1:153,845 | 16,852 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ayamah (282) may also be a first name.
Ayamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayamah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ayamah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayamah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 339,249th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,722,828 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ayamah are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayamah is also the 527,582nd most widespread first name on earth, held by 282 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Not including Ghana it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
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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 Ayamah
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