Mama Surname
Approximately 141,066 people bear this surname
Mama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39,784 | 1:4,453 | 595 |
| Benin | 36,336 | 1:284 | 12 |
| Philippines | 18,199 | 1:5,563 | 459 |
| Ethiopia | 6,922 | 1:14,092 | 1,992 |
| Egypt | 6,834 | 1:13,453 | 1,609 |
| Thailand | 6,515 | 1:10,842 | 636 |
| Togo | 5,250 | 1:1,381 | 132 |
| Cameroon | 2,977 | 1:6,977 | 862 |
| India | 2,388 | 1:321,217 | 17,827 |
| Ivory Coast | 2,089 | 1:11,044 | 898 |
| Niger | 1,834 | 1:10,465 | 796 |
| South Africa | 1,770 | 1:30,609 | 3,937 |
| DR Congo | 1,108 | 1:66,678 | 7,870 |
| Indonesia | 1,080 | 1:122,453 | 12,340 |
| Mali | 1,033 | 1:16,427 | 669 |
| Afghanistan | 842 | 1:38,187 | 1,480 |
| Turkey | 685 | 1:113,608 | 9,590 |
| Japan | 632 | 1:202,285 | 9,054 |
| Papua New Guinea | 570 | 1:14,305 | 1,367 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Liberia | 434 | 1:10,158 | 1,124 |
| Haiti | 349 | 1:30,613 | 2,189 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Iran | 256 | 1:299,932 | 21,236 |
| Burkina Faso | 220 | 1:83,419 | 2,887 |
| Pakistan | 198 | 1:902,242 | 12,252 |
| Algeria | 188 | 1:205,487 | 24,257 |
| Cyprus | 179 | 1:4,943 | 591 |
| Greece | 167 | 1:66,346 | 11,103 |
| French Polynesia | 147 | 1:1,910 | 372 |
| Uganda | 135 | 1:289,180 | 20,376 |
| Mauritania | 130 | 1:31,499 | 2,580 |
| Albania | 126 | 1:23,127 | 3,888 |
| Taiwan | 125 | 1:187,558 | 1,624 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 89 | 1:6,517 | 960 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 80 | 1:2,218 | 255 |
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Panama | 71 | 1:55,102 | 2,607 |
| Argentina | 50 | 1:854,868 | 55,754 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Hungary | 33 | 1:297,463 | 22,531 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 1:497,721 | 37,801 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Mamá (9) & Mamà (2) are calculated separately.
Mama (434,978) may also be a first name.
Mama Demographics
Mama Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mama (Arabic: ماما, Bengali: মামা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: मामा, Marathi: मामा, Oriya: ମାମା, Tibetan: མ་མ་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mamá or Mamà. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mama is the 3,979th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 51,661 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 2,345th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 434,978 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39,784 people, or 1 in 4,453. In Nigeria Mama is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 45 percent live, Borno, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 76 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 26 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Mama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mama in the Tibetan language | ||
| མ་མ་ | mama | - |
| Mama in the Marathi language | ||
| मामा | mama | 97.75 |
| ममा | mama | 2.25 |
| Mama in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାମା | mama | 93.74 |
| ମାମାାଇଁ | mamaa'im | 3.66 |
| ମମା | mama | 1.34 |
| ମମ | mama | 0.49 |
| ମାମ | mama | 0.14 |
| ମାନୀ | mani | 0.07 |
| ମହ | maha | 0.07 |
| Mama in the Hindi language | ||
| मामा | mama | 93.21 |
| ममा | mama | 5.39 |
| माया | maya | 0.4 |
| मामो | mamo | 0.2 |
| Mama in the Bengali language | ||
| মামা | mama | 61.9 |
| মম | mama | 33.33 |
| মমা | mama | 4.76 |
| Mama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻣﻪ | mamh | 53.12 |
| ﻣﺎﻡ | mam | 23.08 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎ | mama | 8.78 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 6.51 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 1.78 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺔ | mamt | 1.27 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 1.18 |
| ﺍﻣﻢ | amm | 0.59 |
| ﻣﻤﻪ | mmh | 0.5 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 0.32 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 0.32 |
| ﺍﻣﻤﻪ | ammh | 0.23 |
| ﻣﻤﺎ | mma | 0.23 |
| ﺃﻣﻢ | amm | 0.14 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 0.14 |
| ﻣﺎﻧﻪ | manh | 0.05 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻧﻪ | amanh | 0.05 |
| ﻣﻤﺎﻩ | mmah | 0.05 |
| ﺍﻣﻤﺎ | amma | 0.05 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ | mamah | 0.05 |
| ﺃﻣﻤﻪ | ammh | 0.05 |
| Mama in the Arabic language | ||
| ماما | mama | - |
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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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- 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 Mama
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