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
The surname Vame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻡ, Hindi: वामे, Marathi: वमे) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name is primarily 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. Vame is also the 334,261st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 622 people.
The last name Vame is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 235,421. In The Ivory Coast Vame is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 17 percent live and Denguélé District, where 8 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 29 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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- 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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