Hilama Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Hilama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Hilama (32) may also be a first name.
Hilama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hilama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hilama (Hindi: हिलमा, Marathi: िहलमा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hilama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Hilama is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Hilama are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Hilama is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 50 percent are found and Zamfara, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 41 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hilama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hilama in the Marathi language | ||
| िहलमा | ihalama | 83.33 |
| हािलमा | hailama | 16.67 |
| Hilama in the Hindi language | ||
| हिलमा | hilama | 33.33 |
| हलीमा | halima | 33.33 |
| हीलमा | hilama | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Hilama
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