Niama Surname
Approximately 6,059 people bear this surname
Niama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 4,152 | 1:1,202 | 185 |
| Ecuador | 714 | 1:22,277 | 3,048 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Ivory Coast | 112 | 1:205,993 | 8,732 |
| Indonesia | 73 | 1:1,811,633 | 116,472 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Senegal | 26 | 1:560,744 | 2,305 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Burkina Faso | 19 | 1:965,900 | 9,829 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Niama (10,644) may also be a first name.
Niama Demographics
Average Niama Salary in
United States
$50,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Niama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ, Hindi: नीामा, Oriya: ନିଆମା) is found in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Niama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 80,400th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,202,764 people. The last name Niama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Niama live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 71 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Niama is also the 58,760th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 10,644 people.
It is most numerous in The Congo, where it is carried by 4,152 people, or 1 in 1,202. In The Congo Niama is primarily concentrated in: Bouenza Department, where 29 percent reside, Lékoumou Department, where 28 percent reside and Niari Department, where 18 percent reside. Beside The Congo it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 12 percent reside and Morocco, where 10 percent reside.
Niama Last Name Statistics demography
Niama earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.99% more than the national average, earning $50,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niama in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିଆମା | ni'ama | 50 |
| ନିଆମାତାି | ni'amatai | 50 |
| Niama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 38.46 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﺎ | anyama | 38.46 |
| ﻧﻴﻤﺎ | nyma | 7.69 |
| ﻧﻴﺎﻣﻪ | nyamh | 7.69 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻪ | anyamh | 7.69 |
| Niama in the Hindi language | ||
| नीामा | niama | 33.33 |
| नीअम | ni'ama | 33.33 |
| निरमा | nirama | 33.33 |
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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 Niama
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