Mamama Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mamama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mamama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa451:1,203,94968,637
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Mamamá (1) are calculated separately.

Mamama (205) may also be a first name.

Mamama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mamama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mamama (Hindi: मममा) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Mamamá. For other potential spellings of Mamama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mamama? popularity and diffusion

Mamama is the 1,765,740th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Mamama are found; 42 percent are found in Southern Africa and 42 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 632,267th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 205 people.

The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 1,203,949. In South Africa Mamama is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 71 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Thailand, where 7 percent are found.

Mamama Last Name Statistics demography

Mamama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.84% less than the national average, earning R 88,296 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mamama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mamama in the Hindi language
मममाmamama-

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Mamama
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