Mame Surname
Approximately 21,717 people bear this surname
Mame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16,259 | 1:6,000 | 955 |
| Malawi | 1,255 | 1:13,641 | 2,125 |
| Indonesia | 664 | 1:199,170 | 18,899 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Philippines | 338 | 1:299,521 | 42,538 |
| South Africa | 318 | 1:170,370 | 18,934 |
| Ivory Coast | 273 | 1:84,510 | 4,538 |
| Mauritania | 243 | 1:16,851 | 1,567 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 134 | 1:60,849 | 7,857 |
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Latvia | 57 | 1:35,966 | 5,478 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Japan | 44 | 1:2,905,552 | 32,685 |
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Senegal | 18 | 1:809,963 | 2,817 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Mamé (8), Mamè (1) & Mamê (1) are calculated separately.
Mame (222,071) may also be a first name.
Mame Demographics
Average Mame Salary in
United States
$46,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mame (Bengali: মমে, Georgian: მამე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: मामे, Marathi: मामे, Oriya: ମାେମ) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mamé, Mamè or Mamê. For other potential spellings of Mame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,861st most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 335,569 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Mame are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Mame is also the 4,699th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 222,071 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 16,259 people, or 1 in 6,000. Not including Ethiopia this last name is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 6 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Mame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mame has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 124 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Mame are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Mame earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.63% less than the national average, earning R 98,316 per year; in United States they earn 7.77% more than the national average, earning $46,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.03% less than the national average, earning $44,204 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mame in the Georgian language | ||
| მამე | mame | - |
| Mame in the Bengali language | ||
| মমে | mame | - |
| Mame in the Oriya language | ||
| ମାେମ | maema | - |
| Mame in the Marathi language | ||
| मामे | mame | - |
| Mame in the Hindi language | ||
| मामे | mame | 57.14 |
| ममे | mame | 28.57 |
| मामेदेवी | mamedevi | 14.29 |
| Mame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻣﻪ | mamh | 49.17 |
| ﻣﺎﻡ | mam | 36.29 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 5.02 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 3.44 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺔ | mamt | 1.59 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 0.93 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 0.73 |
| ﻣﻤﻪ | mmh | 0.73 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 0.53 |
| ﺃﻣﻢ | amm | 0.2 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎ | mama | 0.2 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﺔ | amamt | 0.2 |
| ﺍﻣﻢ | amm | 0.2 |
| ﺁﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 0.13 |
| ﻣﺎﻩ | mah | 0.07 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﻲ | mamy | 0.07 |
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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 Mame
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