Engama Surname
Approximately 1,318 people bear this surname
Engama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,251 | 1:16,602 | 2,281 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Engama (119) may also be a first name.
Engama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Engama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Engama (Oriya: ଏାମା) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Engama? popularity and diffusion
Engama is the 290,533rd most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,529,246 people. Engama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Engama reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Engama is also the 856,040th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 119 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,251 people, or 1 in 16,602. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 92 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Engama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Engama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏାମା | eama | - |
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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 Engama
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