Mahame Surname
Approximately 1,608 people bear this surname
Mahame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| Benin | 255 | 1:40,532 | 5,219 |
| Mauritania | 197 | 1:20,786 | 1,863 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 1:454,599 | 1,711 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Mahame (288) may also be a first name.
Mahame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻢ, Marathi: महामे) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mahame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 247,354th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,532,056 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahame reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mahame is also the 520,883rd most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 288 people.
The last name Mahame is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Barring Malawi this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 24 percent live and Benin, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺤﻢ | mhm | - |
| Mahame in the Marathi language | ||
| महामे | mahame | - |
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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 Mahame
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