Leama Surname
Approximately 640 people bear this surname
Leama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 472 | 1:38,882 | 1,962 |
| Liberia | 95 | 1:46,406 | 4,181 |
| American Samoa | 28 | 1:1,991 | 404 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Leama (110) may also be a first name.
Leama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻢ, Marathi: लेआमा) occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Leama.
How Common Is The Last Name Leama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 510,931st most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. Leama is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Leama live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Leama is also the 895,203rd most prevalent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 110 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 38,882. In Burkina Faso it is mostly found in: Centre-Est Region, where 74 percent are found, Centre Region, where 23 percent are found and Centre-Ouest Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 15 percent are found and American Samoa, where 4 percent are found.
Leama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Leama has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leama surname contracted 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻢ | lm | - |
| Leama in the Marathi language | ||
| लेआमा | le'ama | - |
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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 Leama
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