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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 found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant: Mamá or Mamà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 3,979^th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,661 people. This 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 2,345^th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 434,978 people.

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

Mama Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mama last name 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.