Lamnyam Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Lamnyam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lamnyam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lamnyam (58) may also be a first name.

Lamnyam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lamnyam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Lamnyam occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lamnyam? popularity and diffusion

Lamnyam is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Lamnyam is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Lamnyam live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 58 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 73 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.

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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 Lamnyam
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