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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 596,518th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. This surname is primarily found 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 prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 3,281 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria Omama is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 41 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Omama is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
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
- 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 Omama
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