Laama Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Laama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 208 | 1:185,729 | 22,813 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Laâma (1) are calculated separately.
Laama (138) may also be a first name.
Laama Demographics
Average Laama Salary in
United States
$36,339 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Laama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻢ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Laâma. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laama is the 862,604th most widely held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. Laama is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Laama are found; 67 percent are found in North Africa and 66 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 787,636th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 138 people.
It is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 208 people, or 1 in 185,729. In Algeria Laama is most common in: Sétif Province, where 65 percent live, Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 25 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 2 percent live. Beside Algeria Laama occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Laama Last Name Statistics demography
Laama earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.78% less than the national average, earning $36,339 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻢ | lm | 60 |
| ﻟﻌﻤﺮ | lmr | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﻼﻡ | allam | 20 |
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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 Laama
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