Memmah Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Memmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Memmah (30) may also be a first name.
Memmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Memmah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻤﺎﻩ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Memmah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memmah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Memmah occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Memmah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 30 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 194,993. In Mauritania Memmah is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 81 percent live, Assaba Region, where 10 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memmah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memmah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻤﺎﻩ | mmah | 85.71 |
| ﻣﻤﺎﺡ | mmah | 7.14 |
| ﻣﺎﻣﺎﻩ | mamah | 7.14 |
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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 Memmah
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