Jahama Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Jahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 78 | 1:1,297,926 | 97,909 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Jahama (182) may also be a first name.
Jahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahama (Hindi: जाहमा, Marathi: जाहमा) occurs most in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Jahama reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 80 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 675,152nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 182 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,297,926. In The Philippines Jahama is most prevalent in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 88 percent reside, Central Visayas, where 8 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 4 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahama in the Marathi language | ||
| जाहमा | jahama | 66.67 |
| जहामा | jahama | 16.67 |
| जाहामा | jahama | 13.33 |
| जहमा | jahama | 3.33 |
| Jahama in the Hindi language | ||
| जाहमा | jahama | 52.94 |
| जहमा | jahama | 41.18 |
| जहामा | jahama | 5.88 |
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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 Jahama
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