Naama Surname
Approximately 4,988 people bear this surname
Naama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,405 | 1:11,346 | 1,988 |
| India | 287 | 1:2,672,702 | 83,436 |
| Syria | 257 | 1:75,101 | 3,121 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Jordan | 212 | 1:41,710 | 4,578 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Philippines | 111 | 1:912,056 | 82,078 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Yemen | 13 | 1:2,032,715 | 13,240 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
The alternate forms: Naàma (1) are calculated separately.
Naama (8,558) may also be a first name.
Naama Demographics
Average Naama Salary in
United States
$49,431 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Naama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naama (Arabic: نعامي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻤﻪ, Hindi: नईमा, Marathi: नआमा, Oriya: ନଅମ, Russian: Наама) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms: Naàma. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Naama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 95,407th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,461,016 people. The surname Naama occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Naama are found; 77 percent are found in North Africa and 72 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 68,010th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 8,558 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is carried by 3,405 people, or 1 in 11,346. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Djelfa Province, where 83 percent reside, Laghouat Province, where 10 percent reside and Algiers Province, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this surname occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Syria, where 5 percent reside.
Naama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Naama surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Naama earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.56% more than the national average, earning $49,431 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଅମ | na'ama | - |
| Naama in the Hindi language | ||
| नईमा | na'ima | 94.74 |
| नाअमा | na'ama | 5.26 |
| Naama in the Marathi language | ||
| नआमा | na'ama | 50 |
| नामा | nama | 50 |
| Naama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻤﻪ | alnamh | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻌﻤﻪ | alnmh | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻌﻤﺔ | alnmt | 16 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻋﻤﺔ | alnamt | 8 |
| ﻧﻌﻤﺔ | nmt | 8 |
| ﻧﻌﻢ | nm | 8 |
| ﻧﻌﺎﻣﻪ | namh | 8 |
| ﻧﺎﻋﻤﻪ | namh | 4 |
| ﻧﻌﻤﻪ | nmh | 4 |
| ﺍﻧﻌﺎﻡ | anam | 4 |
| Naama in the Russian language | ||
| Наама | naama | - |
| Naama in the Arabic language | ||
| نعامي | namy | - |
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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 Naama
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