Mendama Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Mendama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Mendama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mendama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mendama is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mendama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,604,449th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname Mendama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mendama live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon Mendama is most common in: Centre Region, where 73 percent reside, South Region, where 17 percent reside and East Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendamma | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mndama | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mendame | 86 | 1,082 | / |
| Mendema | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mindama | 86 | 34 | / |
| Mendami | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mendouma | 80 | 104 | / |
| Muendoma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mindamma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mndoma | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mndame | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mendomo | 71 | 7,798 | / |
| Mendome | 71 | 3,759 | / |
| Mindame | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mendhomass | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mindema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mndamou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mindamou | 67 | 840 | / |
| Mendoume | 67 | 659 | / |
| Myndamou | 67 | 525 | / |
| Mendomes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mindouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Memndomo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mendommo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mendomoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mendoumou | 63 | 23 | / |
| Mndemo | 62 | 4 | / |
| Mindemo | 57 | 4 | / |
| Memdomo | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mindomo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mindomi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mindoumou | 50 | 42 | / |
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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 Mendama
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