Wamam Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Wamam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wamam (26) may also be a first name.
Wamam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wamam is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wamam.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wamam is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Wamam live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 26 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Wamam is most common in: Zamfara, where 70 percent reside, Gombe, where 22 percent reside and Sokoto, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wamam
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