Fatoma Surname
Approximately 6,738 people bear this surname
Fatoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 5,838 | 1:1,214 | 227 |
| Egypt | 702 | 1:130,963 | 10,408 |
| Liberia | 97 | 1:45,449 | 4,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Fatoma (6,503) may also be a first name.
Fatoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fatoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fatoma (Arabic: فاتوما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻪ, Hindi: फातोमा, Marathi: फातोमा) is found most frequently in Sierra Leone. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fatoma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 73,107th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,081,559 people. The surname Fatoma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fatoma live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 81,377th most common first name worldwide It is held by 6,503 people.
It is most frequent in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 5,838 people, or 1 in 1,214. Excluding Sierra Leone this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 10 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fatoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fatoma in the Hindi language | ||
| फातोमा | phatoma | - |
| Fatoma in the Marathi language | ||
| फातोमा | phatoma | 85.71 |
| फाटोमा | phatoma | 14.29 |
| Fatoma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻪ | fatmh | 50 |
| ﻓﺎﺗﻮﻣﺎ | fatwma | 50 |
| Fatoma in the Arabic language | ||
| فاتوما | fatwma | - |
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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 Fatoma
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