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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Mamá or Mamà. For other potential spellings of Mama click here.

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

The surname is the 3,979^th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 51,661 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Mama are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,345^th most widely held first name globally, held by 434,978 people.

Mama is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne 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. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.

Mama Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Mama last name is principally 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.