Vatema Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Vatema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Vatema (766) may also be a first name.
Vatema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vatema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vatema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻃﻢ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vatema.
How Common Is The Last Name Vatema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vatema is the 4,649,889th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Vatema reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vatema is also the 296,648th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 766 people.
The last name Vatema is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India it is most prevalent in: Tamil Nadu, where 100 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vatema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vatema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻃﻢ | fatm | 85.28 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻪ | fatmh | 11.68 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ | fatmt | 1.52 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻴﻢ | fatym | 0.51 |
| ﺍﻓﻄﻴﺔ | aftyt | 0.51 |
| ﺍﻓﻴﻄﻤﻪ | afytmh | 0.51 |
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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 Vatema
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