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
The surname Lamah (Arabic: لامه, Marathi: लमाह) is borne by more people in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,684th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 86,198 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lamah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 107,368th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 4,179 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Guinea, where it is borne by 81,953 people, or 1 in 144. In Guinea Lamah is primarily concentrated in: Nzérékoré Region, where 64 percent are found, Kindia Region, where 11 percent are found and Kankan Region, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Guinea this last name occurs in 58 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent are found and Mali, where 1 percent are found.
Lamah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lamah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lamah surname grew 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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