Iamu Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Iamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Solomon Islands61:96,67218,437
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iamu (26) may also be a first name.

Iamu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iamu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Iamu is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iamu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Iamu live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 93 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Iamu is also the 2,084,397th most numerous first name globally, held by 26 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 80,730. In Papua New Guinea Iamu is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 89 percent live, National Capital District, where 5 percent live and East New Britain, where 2 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent live and Romania, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ijamu89329/
Iamui8933/
Hiamu8929/
Giamu8923/
Ihamu8923/
Iamut899/
Jiamu898/
Iamou892/
Iameu891/
Giamou8062/
Ugiamu8022/
Iamuth8018/
Ijamut8012/
Ihamgu8010/
Iamout805/
Jiamou801/
Yiamou801/
Yihamu801/
Egiamu801/
Ayiamu801/
Jijamu801/
Ijaimu801/
Jihamu801/
Ihamou801/
Ejiamu801/
Giamuu801/
Iatmau801/
Jamu7517,928/
Yamu752,064/
Iomu7580/
Eamu7512/
Jihamut731/
Hugiamu731/
Ihamoud731/
Jiamouy731/
Jammu677,763/
Yamou67877/
Yamut67638/
Jaimu67402/
Jamus67396/
Jamud67365/
Yamuç67352/
Jhamu67277/
Jamau67254/
Jamuh67222/
Jamut67163/
Jamhu67134/
Jamou67126/
Yamau6799/
Yamus6795/
Jamui6790/
Yamud6769/
Jameu6760/
Yammu6751/
Jaamu6740/
Yamui6738/
Ehamu6734/
Ijomu6725/
Yaamu6718/
Yamup6714/
Jamuy6714/
Jasmu6711/
Yamgu678/
Iamoe678/
Iommu678/
Jeamu678/
Ayomu677/
Ajomu676/
Jamuz676/
Yamuz675/
Jamuu675/
Yatmu675/
Yasmu674/
Yamuy674/
Jaymu672/
Yahmu672/
Heamu672/
Giomu672/
Jaumu672/
Jahmu672/
Jamgu672/
Ajiamoud671/
Yamhu671/
Iomui671/
Oiomu671/
Iomux671/
Eamau671/
Hjamu671/
Haiyamup671/
Yamuj671/
Ihomu671/

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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 Iamu
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