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
Average Mamah Salary in
United States
$60,706 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mamah (Arabic: مامية, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ, Oriya: ମମଃ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Mamah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,004th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 467,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Mamah are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mamah is also the 18,487th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 50,006 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,471 people, or 1 in 23,711. In Nigeria Mamah is mostly found in: Enugu, where 65 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Delta, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent live and Togo, where 10 percent live.
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 national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the 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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