Quame Surname
Approximately 3,032 people bear this surname
Quame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,979 | 1:9,070 | 1,231 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Quame (1,960) may also be a first name.
Quame Demographics
Average Quame Salary in
United States
$28,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Quame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Quame is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Quame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 146,266th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,403,544 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Quame live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,194th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,960 people.
The surname Quame is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is held by 2,979 people, or 1 in 9,070. Besides Ghana this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.
Quame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Quame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Quame surname grew 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Quame Last Name Statistics demography
Quame earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.08% less than the national average, earning $28,875 USD per year.
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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 Quame
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