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 is found most in Uganda. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayamo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 253,664th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,677,501 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ayamo reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 715,247th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 164 people.
The last name Ayamo is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,460 people, or 1 in 26,739. In Uganda it is most common in: Soroti District, where 17 percent reside, Serere District, where 16 percent reside and Kaberamaido District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Uganda it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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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