El Mama Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Mama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Mama 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
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

El Mama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Mama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Mama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻲ) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of El Mama.

How Common Is The Last Name El Mama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,227,038th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Mama reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 502,381. Beside Egypt this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 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
El Mhama939,000/
El Hmama93458/
El Masma9367/
El Mamay935/
El Mahmah8810/
El Mamy864,648/
El Mami861,590/
El Mame8647/
El Mahamad822/
El Mahamah821/
El Mamou80786/
El Hmami80226/
El Mahmi8010/
El Hmamy804/
El Hmame803/
El Mahmy802/
El Mamie801/
El Maimi801/
El Mhami801/
El Mamoud7512/
El Hmamey751/
El Hmammy751/
El Maasmi751/
El Mamouh751/
El Motmai751/
El Mahmoud716,965/
El-Mamy7136/
El-Mami7135/
El Mahmouh714/
El Mahamed711/
El Momy711/
El Mahamey711/
El Mahameed676,131/
El Moumi67140/
El Moume671/
El-Hmami671/
El Mahamoud671/
El Moime671/
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El Mama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻲalmamy-

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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 El Mama
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