Niame Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Niame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Ivory Coast | 92 | 1:250,774 | 9,967 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Niamé (11) are calculated separately.
Niame (830) may also be a first name.
Niame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻰ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Niamé. For other potential spellings of Niame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,057th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 14,604,300 people. The last name Niame is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Niame are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb. Niame is also the 283,475th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 830 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Beside Morocco it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻰ | anyamy | 44 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 16 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻲ | anyamy | 16 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻣﻪ | anyamh | 9.33 |
| ﻧﻴﺎﻣﻰ | nyamy | 4 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 2.67 |
| ﻧﻴﺎﻡ | nyam | 1.33 |
| ﻧﺎﻣﻲ | namy | 1.33 |
| ﺇﻧﻴﺎﻡ | anyam | 1.33 |
| ﺃﻧﻴﺎﻣﻲ | anyamy | 1.33 |
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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 Niame
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