Maamah Surname
Approximately 682 people bear this surname
Maamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Iraq | 100 | 1:350,217 | 6,594 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Maamah (54) may also be a first name.
Maamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maamah occurs most in Ghana. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maamah is the 486,864th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,685,551 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Maamah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 54 people.
It is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Beside Ghana this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Maamah
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