Iama Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Iama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Iama (178) may also be a first name.
Iama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iama (Georgian: იამა, Hindi: इाम) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name Iama is predominantly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Iama reside; 58 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 683,417th most common first name on earth, borne by 178 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Central, where 29 percent live, National Capital District, where 27 percent live and East New Britain, where 16 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea Iama is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iama in the Georgian language | ||
| იამა | iama | - |
| Iama in the Hindi language | ||
| इाम | iama | 75 |
| र्इमा | r'ima | 25 |
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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 Iama
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