Mallami Surname
Approximately 3,081 people bear this surname
Mallami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,033 | 1:58,405 | 4,384 |
| Niger | 46 | 1:417,218 | 11,489 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mallami (1,933) may also be a first name.
Mallami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mallami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mallami is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mallami click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mallami? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mallami is the 144,236th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,365,318 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mallami reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mallami is also the 172,554th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 1,933 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,033 people, or 1 in 58,405. In Nigeria Mallami is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 56 percent are found, Kebbi, where 11 percent are found and Bauchi, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Greece, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mallami
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