Oumana Surname
Approximately 477 people bear this surname
Oumana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 388 | 1:49,464 | 2,487 |
| France | 80 | 1:830,284 | 98,964 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Oumana (371) may also be a first name.
Oumana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oumana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oumana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎﻥ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oumana.
How Common Is The Last Name Oumana? popularity and diffusion
Oumana is the 638,206th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,277,874 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Oumana live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Chadic Africa. Oumana is also the 450,877th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 371 people.
The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 49,464. In Niger Oumana is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 50 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 41 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oumana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oumana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎﻥ | aman | 29.41 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻧﻪ | amanh | 17.65 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﺎ | amna | 11.76 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﻧﻪ | manh | 11.76 |
| ﺃﻣﻨﺎ | amna | 11.76 |
| ﺃﻣﻌﺎﻧﻪ | amanh | 5.88 |
| ﺃﻣﺎﻧﻪ | amanh | 5.88 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﻥ | man | 5.88 |
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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 Oumana
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