Vame Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Vame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 98 | 1:235,421 | 9,552 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Vame (622) may also be a first name.
Vame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻡ, Hindi: वामे, Marathi: वमे) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vame.
How Common Is The Last Name Vame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vame is the 1,415,499th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname Vame is predominantly found in Africa, where 37 percent of Vame are found; 36 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 334,261st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 622 people.
Vame is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 235,421. In The Ivory Coast Vame is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent reside, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 17 percent reside and Denguélé District, where 8 percent reside. Not including The Ivory Coast Vame exists in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vame in the Hindi language | ||
| वामे | vame | - |
| Vame in the Marathi language | ||
| वमे | vame | - |
| Vame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻡ | fam | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻓﺎﻣﻪ | afamh | 33.33 |
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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 Vame
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