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
The last name Emame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: इमाम) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Emame is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Emame are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Emame is also the 84,690th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 6,110 people.
The last name Emame is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It is also found 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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