Nadama Surname
Approximately 483 people bear this surname
Nadama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 175 | 1:118,680 | 13,599 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Indonesia | 77 | 1:1,717,522 | 111,746 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nadama (1,386) may also be a first name.
Nadama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nadama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nadama (Hindi: नदामा, Marathi: नादमा, Oriya: ନଦମା) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nadama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nadama is the 632,228th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,088,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Nadama reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nadama is also the 210,279th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 1,386 people.
The last name Nadama is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 118,680. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 69 percent live, North Region, where 31 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent live and Indonesia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nadama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nadama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଦମା | nadama | 75 |
| ନାଦାମା | nadama | 25 |
| Nadama in the Marathi language | ||
| नादमा | nadama | 57.14 |
| नदमा | nadama | 42.86 |
| Nadama in the Hindi language | ||
| नदामा | nadama | 42.86 |
| नादामा | nadama | 28.57 |
| नदमा | nadama | 14.29 |
| नादमा | nadama | 14.29 |
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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 Nadama
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