Ayamo Surname
Approximately 1,558 people bear this surname
Ayamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,460 | 1:26,739 | 3,738 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ayamo (164) may also be a first name.
Ayamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayamo occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ayamo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayamo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 253,664th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,677,501 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayamo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ayamo is also the 715,247th most prevalent first name globally, borne by 164 people.
It is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,460 people, or 1 in 26,739. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Soroti District, where 17 percent live, Serere District, where 16 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 14 percent live. Beside Uganda it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Ayamo
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