Emama Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Emama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Emama (1,732) may also be a first name.
Emama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: एमामा, Marathi: इमाम, Oriya: ଏମମା) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Emama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 788,513th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Emama are found; 51 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Emama is also the 184,383rd most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,732 people.
Emama is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Other than The DR Congo this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏମମା | emama | - |
| Emama in the Marathi language | ||
| इमाम | imama | 85.71 |
| ेमामा | emama | 14.29 |
| Emama in the Hindi language | ||
| एमामा | emama | 50 |
| इमामा | imama | 50 |
| Emama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 39.86 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 32.17 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 9.79 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 6.29 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 4.2 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 2.1 |
| ﺃﻣﻤﻪ | ammh | 1.4 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻪ | almamh | 0.7 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﺎ | amama | 0.7 |
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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 Emama
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