Vatama Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Vatama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Vatama (110) may also be a first name.
Vatama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vatama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vatama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻄﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: वतामा) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vatama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vatama is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Vatama live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Vatama is also the 895,203rd most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 110 people.
The last name Vatama is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Vatama is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 89 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 6 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Vatama is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 46 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vatama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vatama in the Hindi language | ||
| वतामा | vatama | 50 |
| वटामा | vatama | 50 |
| Vatama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻄﺎﻣﻪ | ftamh | 42.11 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻢ | fatm | 31.58 |
| ﻓﻄﺎﻡ | ftam | 21.05 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻪ | fatmh | 5.26 |
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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 Vatama
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