Ayame Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Ayame Surname User-submission:
Ayame means "iris" in Japanese.
Ayame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 144 | 1:1,230,158 | 49,400 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Ayame (4,557) may also be a first name.
Ayame Surname Meaning
Ayame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﺎﻡ, Marathi: आयमे, Russian: Аямэ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ayame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Ayame live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,807th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 4,557 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 1,230,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 30 percent are found, Delta, where 30 percent are found and Ondo, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Ayame exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ayame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayame in the Marathi language | ||
| आयमे | ayame | - |
| Ayame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻳﺎﻡ | ayam | 50 |
| ﺃﻳﺎﻡ | ayam | 50 |
| Ayame in the Russian language | ||
| Аямэ | aame | - |
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Footnotes
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