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 surname Mahame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻢ, Marathi: महामे) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mahame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahame is the 247,354th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,532,056 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mahame are found; 36 percent are found in Southern Africa and 36 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mahame is also the 520,883rd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 288 people.
The last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Outside of Malawi Mahame occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 24 percent are found and Benin, where 16 percent are found.
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
- 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 Mahame
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