Wamah Surname
Approximately 2,785 people bear this surname
Wamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2,467 | 1:1,787 | 236 |
| Indonesia | 142 | 1:931,332 | 69,143 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Wamah (1,200) may also be a first name.
Wamah Demographics
Average Wamah Salary in
United States
$29,661 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamah (Arabic: عوامه) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wamah is the 157,100th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,616,713 people. The surname Wamah is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Wamah are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 228,704th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,200 people.
It is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 2,467 people, or 1 in 1,787. In Liberia Wamah is primarily found in: Bong County, where 50 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 21 percent are found and Nimba County, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Wamah Last Name Statistics demography
Wamah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.26% less than the national average, earning $29,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wamah in the Arabic language | ||
| عوامه | wamh | - |
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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 Wamah
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