Imaima Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Imaima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Imaima (643) may also be a first name.
Imaima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imaima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Imaima (Hindi: इमैमा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Imaima.
How Common Is The Last Name Imaima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Imaima is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Imaima are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 327,926th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 643 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 58 percent reside and Zamfara, where 42 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imaima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imaima in the Hindi language | ||
| इमैमा | imaima | - |
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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 Imaima
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