Azamu Surname
Approximately 875 people bear this surname
Azamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 868 | 1:204,082 | 12,187 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Azamu (836) may also be a first name.
Azamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azamu (Marathi: आझमु) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Azamu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 401,442nd most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,328,624 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Azamu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Azamu is also the 282,418th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 836 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 868 people, or 1 in 204,082. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 54 percent are found, Kano, where 38 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Azamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Azamu in the Marathi language | ||
| आझमु | ajhamu | 50 |
| अझमु | ajhamu | 50 |
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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 Azamu
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