Iamo Surname
Approximately 634 people bear this surname
Iamo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 608 | 1:13,411 | 1,246 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Iamo (448) may also be a first name.
Iamo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iamo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iamo is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iamo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iamo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 514,664th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Iamo are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Iamo is also the 404,611th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 448 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 608 people, or 1 in 13,411. In Papua New Guinea Iamo is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 75 percent are found, National Capital District, where 21 percent are found and Milne Bay, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea Iamo exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Iamo
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