Maghama Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Maghama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Maghama (57) may also be a first name.
Maghama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maghama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maghama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻪ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maghama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Maghama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maghama reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Maghama is also the 1,308,380th most frequent forename world-wide It is held by 57 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Maghama is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 63 percent live, Brakna Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Mauritania Maghama exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maghama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maghama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻪ | mqamh | 64.71 |
| ﻣﻘﺎﻡ | mqam | 11.76 |
| ﻣﻐﺎﻣﺎ | mghama | 5.88 |
| ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻲ | mqamy | 5.88 |
| ﻣﺎﻗﺎﻣﺎ | maqama | 5.88 |
| ﻣﻘﺎﻣﺔ | mqamt | 5.88 |
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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 Maghama
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