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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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mamá or Mamà. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

It is the 3,979^th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,661 people. The surname Mama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Mama reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,345^th most widely held forename globally It is held by 434,978 people.

The surname Mama is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39,784 people, or 1 in 4,453. In Nigeria Mama is most common in: Kaduna, where 45 percent are found, Borno, where 15 percent are found and Enugu, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 76 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 26 percent are found and The Philippines, where 13 percent are found.

Mama Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mama 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.