Mamah Surname
Approximately 15,597 people bear this surname
Mamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7,471 | 1:23,711 | 2,086 |
| Thailand | 1,873 | 1:37,714 | 4,036 |
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Indonesia | 1,489 | 1:88,817 | 9,301 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Benin | 954 | 1:10,834 | 1,491 |
| Cameroon | 522 | 1:39,787 | 5,316 |
| Mauritania | 188 | 1:21,781 | 1,933 |
| Philippines | 125 | 1:809,906 | 77,188 |
| Ivory Coast | 82 | 1:281,356 | 10,805 |
| Liberia | 56 | 1:78,724 | 6,600 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Mamah (50,006) may also be a first name.
Mamah Demographics
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Mamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mamah (Arabic: مامية, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ, Oriya: ମମଃ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,004th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 467,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Mamah reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 18,487th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 50,006 people.
Mamah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,471 people, or 1 in 23,711. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 65 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Delta, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent are found and Togo, where 10 percent are found.
Mamah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mamah surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mamah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.17% less than the national average, earning R 106,536 per year and in United States they earn 40.69% more than the national average, earning $60,706 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mamah in the Oriya language | ||
| ମମଃ | mamah | - |
| Mamah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ | mamah | 60.78 |
| ﻣﻤﺎﻩ | mmah | 32.35 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﻪ | mamh | 2.94 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 1.96 |
| Mamah in the Arabic language | ||
| مامية | mamyt | - |
| مميه | mmyh | - |
| مامه | mamh | - |
| ماميه | mamyh | - |
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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 Mamah
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