Maame Surname
Approximately 1,466 people bear this surname
Maame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Maame (46,420) may also be a first name.
Maame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maame is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maame? popularity and diffusion
Maame is the 266,624th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 4,971,041 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maame are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 19,674th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 46,420 people.
Maame is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,385 people, or 1 in 19,510. Barring Ghana this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 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 Maame
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