Rahamu Surname
Approximately 1,067 people bear this surname
Rahamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,058 | 1:167,432 | 10,414 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Rahamu (10,353) may also be a first name.
Rahamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rahamu (Hindi: रहमू, Marathi: रहमु) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rahamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahamu? popularity and diffusion
Rahamu is the 343,621st most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,829,940 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rahamu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rahamu is also the 59,854th most widely held given name world-wide It is held by 10,353 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,058 people, or 1 in 167,432. In Nigeria Rahamu is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 47 percent are found, Zamfara, where 47 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rahamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rahamu in the Hindi language | ||
| रहमू | rahamu | 65.73 |
| रहमु | rahamu | 33.06 |
| राहमू | rahamu | 0.81 |
| रहामू | rahamu | 0.4 |
| Rahamu in the Marathi language | ||
| रहमु | rahamu | 53.13 |
| रहमू | rahamu | 32.81 |
| रहामु | rahamu | 7.81 |
| राहमु | rahamu | 3.13 |
| राहामु | rahamu | 1.56 |
| रहामू | rahamu | 1.56 |
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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 Rahamu
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