Hamajam Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Hamajam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 287 | 1:617,222 | 29,344 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Hamajam (124) may also be a first name.
Hamajam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamajam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamajam occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamajam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 912,827th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,043,113 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hamajam live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 124 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 617,222. In Nigeria Hamajam is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 79 percent live, Borno, where 12 percent live and Taraba, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hamajam
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