Omama Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Omama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omama (3,281) may also be a first name.
Omama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omama (Arabic: أميما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: ओमामा, Russian: Омама) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Omama.
How Common Is The Last Name Omama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omama is the 596,518th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. Omama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Omama reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 124,936th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 3,281 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria Omama is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 41 percent live, Nasarawa, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omama in the Hindi language | ||
| ओमामा | omama | 94.74 |
| ओमाम | omama | 2.63 |
| ऊमामा | umama | 2.63 |
| Omama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 80 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻣﻪ | amamh | 20 |
| Omama in the Russian language | ||
| Омама | omama | - |
| Omama in the Arabic language | ||
| أميما | amyma | - |
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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 Omama
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