da Ama Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

da Ama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Ama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso111:1,668,37313,584
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

da Ama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Ama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname da Ama is more commonly found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Ama? popularity and diffusion

The surname da Ama is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of da Ama live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

da Ama is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,668,373. In Burkina Faso da Ama is primarily concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da Gama9236,687/
da Hama921/
da Amma921/
da Gamma8610/
da Ahmad861/
da Hamad861/
de Ama8386/
da Amo838/
da Ami832/
de Gama77313/
de Amat77125/
Da-Gama7734/
da Asmy774/
da Goma773/
de Aima772/
da Amed771/
di Gama771/
de Amas771/
do Gama771/
da Emma771/
de Amaya7171/
de Ahmad711/
do Ahmad711/
da Gomma711/
da Hamid711/
da Ahmed711/
da Aimee711/
da Ahmet711/
da Hammi711/
de Gamma711/
da Gouma711/
de Amo67445/
de Ema678/
de Oma676/
do Oma672/
di Amo671/
di Ame671/
De Ami671/
da Goumma671/
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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 da Ama
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