Lamna Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Lamna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 796 | 1:26,092 | 3,552 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Lamna (292) may also be a first name.
Lamna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lamna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻣﻨﺎ, Hindi: लमना, Oriya: ଲମ୍ଣ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 415,385th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lamna reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 516,683rd most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 292 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 796 people, or 1 in 26,092. In Cameroon Lamna is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 64 percent reside, North Region, where 19 percent reside and Centre Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Chad, where 1 percent reside.
Lamna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lamna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lamna surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻣﻨﺎ | lamna | - |
| Lamna in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲମ୍ଣ | lamna | - |
| Lamna in the Hindi language | ||
| लमना | lamana | 60 |
| लामना | lamana | 20 |
| लम्ना | lamna | 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 Lamna
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