Vamma Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Vamma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 238 | 1:3,222,964 | 94,263 |
| Nepal | 187 | 1:152,305 | 2,587 |
| Cameroon | 90 | 1:230,767 | 23,017 |
| Ukraine | 26 | 1:1,750,873 | 130,688 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Vamma (214) may also be a first name.
Vamma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vamma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vamma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: वम्मा, Russian: Вамма) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vamma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 579,404th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 78 percent of Vamma live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 617,781st most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 214 people.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 3,222,964. In India Vamma is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 42 percent live, Karnataka, where 22 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nepal, where 35 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vamma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vamma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻣﻪ | famh | - |
| Vamma in the Hindi language | ||
| वम्मा | vam'ma | 77.78 |
| वम्म | vam'ma | 11.11 |
| वममा | vamama | 11.11 |
| Vamma in the Russian language | ||
| Вамма | vamma | - |
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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 Vamma
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