Naamah Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Naamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 788 | 1:10,860 | 1,665 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Naamah (12,098) may also be a first name.
Naamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naamah (Arabic: نعاميه) occurs most in Israel. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Naamah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 371,278th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Naamah live; 82 percent live in West Asia and 81 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Naamah is also the 53,859th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 12,098 people.
The surname is most common in Israel, where it is held by 788 people, or 1 in 10,860. In Israel Naamah is most common in: Northern District, where 85 percent live, Haifa District, where 10 percent live and Tel Aviv District, where 4 percent live. Excluding Israel Naamah exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naamah in the Arabic language | ||
| نعاميه | namyh | - |
| نعامه | namh | - |
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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 Naamah
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