Edame Surname
Approximately 342 people bear this surname
Edame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 267 | 1:663,456 | 30,992 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Edame (29) may also be a first name.
Edame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edame (Marathi: एडमे) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Edame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 814,680th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,308,614 people. Edame occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Edame live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Edame is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name globally, held by 29 people.
Edame is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 72 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Delta, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edame in the Marathi language | ||
| एडमे | edame | 66.67 |
| ऐडमे | aidame | 16.67 |
| एदमे | edame | 16.67 |
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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 Edame
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