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
The last name Iama (Georgian: იამა, Hindi: इाम) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iama? popularity and diffusion
Iama is the 1,955,159th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Iama are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Iama is also the 683,417th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 178 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea Iama is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 29 percent reside, National Capital District, where 27 percent reside and East New Britain, where 16 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
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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