Moyama Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Moyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 458 | 1:161,309 | 16,675 |
| Ivory Coast | 172 | 1:134,135 | 6,466 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Moyama (997) may also be a first name.
Moyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moyama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺎﻣﻪ, Russian: Мояма) is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moyama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 512,799th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,440,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Moyama live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Moyama is also the 254,871st most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 997 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 161,309. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moyama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moyama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺎﻣﻪ | amyamh | - |
| Moyama in the Russian language | ||
| Мояма | moama | - |
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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 Moyama
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