Nama Surname
Approximately 94,342 people bear this surname
Nama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 41,770 | 1:18,364 | 1,441 |
| DR Congo | 25,229 | 1:2,928 | 324 |
| Cameroon | 5,007 | 1:4,148 | 497 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,875 | 1:3,765 | 464 |
| Indonesia | 2,715 | 1:48,711 | 5,476 |
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| South Africa | 1,970 | 1:27,501 | 3,516 |
| Pakistan | 1,766 | 1:101,157 | 3,207 |
| Philippines | 1,618 | 1:62,570 | 10,606 |
| Turkey | 1,247 | 1:62,407 | 5,946 |
| Thailand | 772 | 1:91,500 | 12,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 672 | 1:12,134 | 1,109 |
| Zambia | 541 | 1:29,297 | 3,030 |
| Nigeria | 507 | 1:349,394 | 18,879 |
| Ivory Coast | 413 | 1:55,863 | 3,349 |
| Mauritania | 295 | 1:13,881 | 1,324 |
| Benin | 282 | 1:36,651 | 4,737 |
| United States | 239 | 1:1,516,565 | 103,003 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Japan | 191 | 1:669,342 | 16,671 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Iran | 145 | 1:529,535 | 30,787 |
| Zimbabwe | 99 | 1:155,942 | 19,667 |
| Cambodia | 87 | 1:178,013 | 2,925 |
| England | 86 | 1:647,884 | 37,755 |
| Lesotho | 80 | 1:25,407 | 5,059 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Niger | 75 | 1:255,894 | 8,080 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Afghanistan | 71 | 1:452,862 | 6,011 |
| Malaysia | 66 | 1:446,882 | 22,856 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| United Arab Emirates | 58 | 1:157,970 | 11,714 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
The alternate forms: Ñama (1) are calculated separately.
Nama (50,173) may also be a first name.
Nama Demographics
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Nama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nama (Arabic: نعمع, Bengali: নমঃ, Georgian: ნამა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: नामा, Marathi: नामा, Oriya: ନମା, Russian: Нама, Tibetan: ན་མ་) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ñama. Click here for other potential spellings of Nama.
How Common Is The Last Name Nama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,974th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 77,246 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Nama reside; 46 percent reside in South Asia and 44 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 18,441st most frequently used forename globally, borne by 50,173 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 41,770 people, or 1 in 18,364. In India Nama is most prevalent in: Tripura, where 61 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 10 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 102 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Nama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nama has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,433 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nama Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Nama are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.
The amount Nama earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 44.63% less than the national average, earning R 131,580 per year; in United States they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning $42,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.85% less than the national average, earning $39,325 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nama in the Georgian language | ||
| ნამა | nama | - |
| Nama in the Marathi language | ||
| नामा | nama | 92.91 |
| नमा | nama | 6.89 |
| नाम | nama | 0.17 |
| Nama in the Bengali language | ||
| নমঃ | namah | 91.49 |
| নম | nama | 8.15 |
| ণম | nama | 0.19 |
| নামঃ | namah | 0.07 |
| নাম | nama | 0.02 |
| নামা | nama | 0.01 |
| নমহ্ | namah | 0.01 |
| লমঃ | lamah | 0.01 |
| দাস | dasa | 0.01 |
| নমা | nama | 0.01 |
| Nama in the Hindi language | ||
| नामा | nama | 91.46 |
| नमा | nama | 7.14 |
| नम | nama | 0.38 |
| नेमा | nema | 0.27 |
| नाया | naya | 0.05 |
| िनमा | inama | 0.05 |
| Nama in the Tibetan language | ||
| ན་མ་ | nama | 66.67 |
| ན་མ། | nama | 33.33 |
| Nama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନମା | nama | 40.95 |
| ନାମ | nama | 33.33 |
| ନାମା | nama | 17.14 |
| ନମ | nama | 5.71 |
| ରମା | rama | 0.95 |
| Nama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺎﻣﻪ | namh | 27.88 |
| ﻧﺎﻡ | nam | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻌﻤﻪ | alnmh | 9.62 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﺎ | nama | 8.65 |
| ﻧﻌﻤﻪ | nmh | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﻣﻪ | alnamh | 4.81 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﺔ | namt | 3.85 |
| ﻧﻤﺎ | nma | 1.92 |
| ﺍﻧﺎﻣﻪ | anamh | 0.96 |
| Nama in the Russian language | ||
| Нама | nama | - |
| Nama in the Arabic language | ||
| نعمع | nm | - |
| نماء | nma | - |
| نعما | nma | - |
| نما | nma | - |
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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 Nama
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