Ndams Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ndams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ndams Last Name Facts

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

Ndams occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndams? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ndams is the 2,237,939th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndams are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Ndams is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 35 percent reside, Cross River, where 24 percent reside and Niger, where 18 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndamse91761/
Ndamshe839/
Ndoms8018/
Ndanse738/
Ndamze732/
Ndomse731/
Ndamdje6712/
Ndanshe672/
Ndanje55275/
Ndanze5572/
Ndonse552/
Ndomche5059/
Ndahnje507/
Ndandje502/
Ndaanje501/

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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 Ndams
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