Namamu Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Namamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Namamu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria881:2,012,98670,656
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Namamu (28) may also be a first name.

Namamu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Namamu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Namamu (Hindi: नमामु) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Namamu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namamu is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Namamu are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name in the world, borne by 28 people.

The surname Namamu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Namamu is mostly concentrated in: Jigawa, where 64 percent live, Kano, where 10 percent live and Zamfara, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namamou9245/
Namamau921/
Ngamamu921/
Nomamu831/
Nnamomu7710/
Nomamou771/
Ngamomou7117/
Namoumou716/
Nememu673/
Noumahmoud631/
Noumemeu573/
Nomeumeu571/
Noumomui571/
Noumeumeu533/
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Namamu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namamu in the Hindi language
नमामुnamamu-

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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 Namamu
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