Vagama Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Vagama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
Vagama (19) may also be a first name.
Vagama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vagama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vagama is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vagama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Vagama reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 19 people.
The surname Vagama is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon Vagama is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 60 percent reside, Centre Region, where 20 percent reside and North Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 44 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 Vagama
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