Risama Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Maldives

Risama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Risama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Risama (234) may also be a first name.

Risama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Risama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Risama (Bengali: রিসমা, Hindi: रिसमा, Oriya: ରିସମା) is borne by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Risama? popularity and diffusion

Risama is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Risama live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 585,759th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 234 people.

This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,202,140. Other than Sri Lanka it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Maldives, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rishama9215/
Risamat926/
Risamah924/
Risaama921/
Rhishama863/
Rishamat862/
Ritsamat862/
Ridsamai861/
Rissamma861/
Risamait861/
Rizama83404/
Rusama8344/
Resama8321/
Risami8316/
Risoma837/
Rixama831/
Ricama831/
Risame831/
Risahamah803/
Raisaamad802/
Reshama77640/
Rissame7767/
Rissema7732/
Raizama7720/
Raisamo7716/
Rishami7712/
Risaumi778/
Rhizama777/
Rusamai777/
Rushama775/
Risamer773/
Rusamah773/
Raisoma773/
Risemay772/
Rusamma772/
Rhixama771/
Raicama771/
Rissami771/
Russama771/
Resamma771/
Rihsami771/
Rijamat771/
Rijamma771/
Rizaama771/
Risamet771/
Rizamat771/
Reizama771/
Reshamma7114/
Raaicama716/
Resamait715/
Raisamiy714/
Rushamma711/
Raichama711/
Rreshama711/
Rizaamaa711/
Retshama711/
Reitsamer67351/
Resami67222/
Ricoma67102/
Rizoma6799/
Ruzama6750/
Rizami6747/
Ricamo6734/
Rusamo6734/
Rezama6715/
Rusoma6714/
Resoma6711/
Rejama6710/
Rizema676/
Resamo672/
Resame672/
Resema672/
Resamy671/
Raizahmad671/
Roisahmed671/
Rusema671/
Rushsamma671/
Recama671/
Raissamie671/
Rijamo671/

Risama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Risama in the Bengali language
রিসমাrisama-
Risama in the Oriya language
ରିସମାrisama-
Risama in the Hindi language
रिसमाrisama62.5
रीसमाrisama25
रिसामाrisama4.17
रिसमrisama4.17
ृसामाrsama4.17

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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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  • 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 Risama
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