Vatme Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Vatme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Vatme (7,462) may also be a first name.
Vatme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vatme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vatme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﻃﻢ, Marathi: वटमे) is found most in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vatme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Vatme reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Vatme is also the 74,426th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 7,462 people.
Vatme is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 178,038. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 30 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 30 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 26 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vatme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vatme in the Marathi language | ||
| वटमे | vatame | - |
| Vatme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﻃﻢ | fatm | 75.81 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻪ | fatmh | 22.94 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺔ | fatmt | 1.09 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻤﺎ | fatma | 0.05 |
| ﻓﺎﻃﻴﻢ | fatym | 0.05 |
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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 Vatme
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