Ommah Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Ommah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Ommah (25) may also be a first name.
Ommah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ommah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ommah is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ommah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ommah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ommah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 80 percent reside, Benue, where 10 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Ommah
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