Medame Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Medame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
Medame (20) may also be a first name.
Medame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medame (Marathi: मेडमे) is most common in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Medame.
How Common Is The Last Name Medame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,007,164th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. Medame is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Medame are found; 89 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Medame is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 20 people.
The surname Medame is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Medame is most prevalent in: East Region, where 51 percent live, South Region, where 33 percent live and Littoral Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live and Gabon, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medame in the Marathi language | ||
| मेडमे | medame | 50 |
| मेदमे | medame | 25 |
| येडामे | yedame | 12.5 |
| मेडामे | medame | 12.5 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Medame
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