Dahama Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Dahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Dahama (111) may also be a first name.
Dahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dahama (Arabic: دهما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺣﻢ, Hindi: दाहामा, Marathi: दहमा, Oriya: ଦହମା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,907,068th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 51 percent of Dahama live; 35 percent live in West Africa and 21 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 890,531st most widespread first name globally, borne by 111 people.
Dahama is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Delhi, where 26 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 26 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 16 percent reside. Outside of India this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 19 percent reside and Cameroon, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦହମା | dahama | - |
| Dahama in the Marathi language | ||
| दहमा | dahama | - |
| Dahama in the Hindi language | ||
| दाहामा | dahama | 66.67 |
| दाहमा | dahama | 33.33 |
| Dahama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺣﻢ | dhm | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻢ | aldhm | 50 |
| Dahama in the Arabic language | ||
| دهما | dhma | - |
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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
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- 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 Dahama
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