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 surname Emama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: एमामा, Marathi: इमाम, Oriya: ଏମମା) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 788,513th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. It is primarily found 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, held by 1,732 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 164 people, or 1 in 450,485. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 10 percent are found.
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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