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 surname Maghama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻘﺎﻣﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maghama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Maghama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maghama live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 57 people.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Maghama is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 63 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 13 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
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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