Moriama Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Moriama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 85 | 1:271,426 | 10,543 |
| Brazil | 48 | 1:4,459,882 | 118,224 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Moriama (530) may also be a first name.
Moriama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moriama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moriama (Bengali: মরিয়মা) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moriama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,471,719th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name Moriama is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Moriama reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Moriama is also the 366,410th most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 530 people.
This surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 271,426. In The Ivory Coast Moriama is most common in: Savanes District, where 47 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 32 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 20 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moriama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moriama in the Bengali language | ||
| মরিয়মা | mariyama | - |
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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 Moriama
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