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 surname Nadama (Hindi: नदामा, Marathi: नादमा, Oriya: ନଦମା) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nadama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 632,228th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 15,088,087 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Nadama live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 210,279th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 1,386 people.
The last name Nadama is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 118,680. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 69 percent are found, North Region, where 31 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
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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