Lamah Surname
Approximately 84,544 people bear this surname
Lamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 81,953 | 1:144 | 26 |
| Liberia | 1,203 | 1:3,665 | 472 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Indonesia | 251 | 1:526,889 | 42,751 |
| Ivory Coast | 152 | 1:151,784 | 7,073 |
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| India | 69 | 1:11,116,890 | 206,545 |
| Israel | 65 | 1:131,656 | 14,227 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| United States | 44 | 1:8,237,703 | 362,142 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Palestine | 10 | 1:454,885 | 12,564 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Lamah (4,179) may also be a first name.
Lamah Demographics
Average Lamah Salary in
United States
$39,696 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lamah (Arabic: لامه, Marathi: लमाह) is carried by more people in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Lamah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,684th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,198 people. The surname Lamah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lamah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 107,368th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,179 people.
It is most common in Guinea, where it is held by 81,953 people, or 1 in 144. In Guinea Lamah is most common in: Nzérékoré Region, where 64 percent live, Kindia Region, where 11 percent live and Kankan Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Guinea this last name exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 1 percent live and Mali, where 1 percent live.
Lamah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lamah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 733 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lamah Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Lamah earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 8% less than the national average, earning $39,696 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.41% more than the national average, earning $53,364 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamah in the Marathi language | ||
| लमाह | lamaha | - |
| Lamah in the Arabic language | ||
| لامه | lamh | - |
| لماه | lmah | - |
| لامعه | lamh | - |
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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 Lamah
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