Lemame Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Lemame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lemame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lemame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemame reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 41 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Lemame is mostly found in: Brakna Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 35 percent are found and Algeria, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 66.67 |
| ﻟﻤﺎﻥ | lman | 16.67 |
| ﻟﻤﺎﻡ | lmam | 16.67 |
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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 Lemame
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