Mairama Surname
Approximately 9,818 people bear this surname
Mairama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 6,637 | 1:3,129 | 378 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,980 | 1:6,158 | 669 |
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maïrama (1) are calculated separately.
Mairama (49,442) may also be a first name.
Mairama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mairama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mairama (Bengali: মৈরমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺮﻡ, Hindi: मैरामा) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Maïrama. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mairama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 52,169th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 742,264 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mairama are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mairama is also the 18,676th most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 49,442 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 6,637 people, or 1 in 3,129. In Cameroon Mairama is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 48 percent live, North Region, where 29 percent live and Far North Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 30 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mairama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mairama in the Bengali language | ||
| মৈরমা | mairama | - |
| Mairama in the Hindi language | ||
| मैरामा | mairama | - |
| Mairama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺮﻡ | myrm | 50 |
| ﻣﻴﺮﺍﻣﺎ | myrama | 50 |
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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 Mairama
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