Dunama Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Dunama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 368 | 1:481,366 | 24,196 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Dunama (351) may also be a first name.
Dunama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dunama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dunama is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dunama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 770,644th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dunama are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dunama is also the 465,148th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 351 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 368 people, or 1 in 481,366. In Nigeria Dunama is primarily concentrated in: Yobe, where 31 percent live, Adamawa, where 20 percent live and Gombe, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Dunama exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dounama | 92 | 319 | / |
| Dunamai | 92 | 22 | / |
| Dungama | 92 | 3 | / |
| Dunamma | 92 | 3 | / |
| Dunamay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Daunama | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dhunama | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dhungama | 86 | 21 | / |
| Dunnamma | 86 | 4 | / |
| Dougnama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dounnama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dunoma | 83 | 789 | / |
| Dinama | 83 | 243 | / |
| Dunami | 83 | 32 | / |
| Donama | 83 | 17 | / |
| Dunamo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Duname | 83 | 2 | / |
| Dungaamaa | 80 | 32 | / |
| Daunema | 77 | 114 | / |
| Dounoma | 77 | 92 | / |
| Dunamis | 77 | 58 | / |
| Dunaime | 77 | 38 | / |
| Dinamma | 77 | 28 | / |
| Dinamay | 77 | 20 | / |
| Donamma | 77 | 9 | / |
| Dinamai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Dounami | 77 | 7 | / |
| Dounamy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donamai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Douname | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dumname | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donamea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donamay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Donamah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunnoma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunhame | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dunemma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dounamou | 71 | 2,643 | / |
| Dhinamma | 71 | 10 | / |
| Dounouma | 71 | 7 | / |
| Dunammis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Donnamma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dunhaime | 71 | 2 | / |
| Duchennamma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hdunomah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doungame | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dunnamer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Duhnhame | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dinamo | 67 | 200 | / |
| Donoma | 67 | 143 | / |
| Daunaimer | 67 | 18 | / |
| Dunemo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dinoma | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dunhammer | 67 | 6 | / |
| Doungouma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Donami | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dunomo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dinema | 67 | 2 | / |
| Doname | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dunama
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