Where Does The Last Name Mama Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Mama (Arabic: ماما, Bengali: মামা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: मामा, Marathi: मामा, Oriya: ମାମା, Tibetan: མ་མ་) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant: Mamá or Mamà. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mama? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 3,979^th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 51,661 people. Mama is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Mama reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mama is also the 2,345^th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 434,978 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39,784 people, or 1 in 4,453. In Nigeria Mama is most common in: Kaduna, where 45 percent reside, Borno, where 15 percent reside and Enugu, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.

Mama Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (68%) in Nigeria.

The amount Mama earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.57% less than the national average, earning R 167,376 per year and in Canada they earn 5.87% more than the national average, earning $52,598 CAD per year.