Emame Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Emame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Mauritania | 64 | 1:63,982 | 4,428 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Emame (6,110) may also be a first name.
Emame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: इमाम) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,453,389th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Emame reside; 46 percent reside in Central Africa and 46 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Emame is also the 84,690th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 6,110 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 44 percent live and Ethiopia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emame in the Hindi language | ||
| इमाम | imama | - |
| Emame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 42.55 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 27.66 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 11.7 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 7.45 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 5.32 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﻪ | mamh | 2.13 |
| ﺍﻣﻢ | amm | 2.13 |
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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 Emame
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