Mailama Surname
Approximately 568 people bear this surname
Mailama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 551 | 1:37,693 | 5,043 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
Mailama (1,122) may also be a first name.
Mailama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mailama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mailama (Bengali: মইলামা, Hindi: मैलामा, Marathi: माइलमा, Oriya: ମାଇଲାମାାମୀ) is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mailama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 559,180th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,830,186 people. The last name Mailama occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mailama are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 33 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Mailama is also the 237,992nd most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 1,122 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 551 people, or 1 in 37,693. In Cameroon Mailama is most common in: Far North Region, where 65 percent are found, North Region, where 28 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mailama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mailama in the Bengali language | ||
| মইলামা | ma'ilama | - |
| Mailama in the Hindi language | ||
| मैलामा | mailama | - |
| Mailama in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାଇଲାମାାମୀ | ma'ilamaami | - |
| Mailama in the Marathi language | ||
| माइलमा | ma'ilama | 66.67 |
| माईलमा | ma'ilama | 33.33 |
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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 Mailama
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