Nnama Surname
Approximately 8,954 people bear this surname
Nnama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 7,888 | 1:9,366 | 1,155 |
| Nigeria | 611 | 1:289,923 | 16,281 |
| Cameroon | 434 | 1:47,855 | 6,262 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Nnama (172) may also be a first name.
Nnama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nnama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nnama is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nnama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,600th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 813,887 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nnama live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 696,764th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 172 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 7,888 people, or 1 in 9,366. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Nnama
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