Mama is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mama
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Mama

How popular is Mama?

Mama is ranked 165804 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mamas grew by 21.55172 per cent to 141 since 2000 and ranked 122314 after elevating 11723 spots. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 36.88 21.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 29.08 24.14
White 24.11 38.79
Hispanic or Latino 5.67 7.76
Mama is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Indonesia. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Mauritania. Around 2208 people have been found who wears Mama as their family name. Mama is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
32,695 Nigeria3
18,718 Thailand2
1,281 Kiribati1
15,162 Costa Rica1
2,040 Mali1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
93,878 Canada28
78,041 Spain19
32,484 Kyrgyzstan16
Countries with hundreds of Mama:
16,009 Indonesia742
43,543 India737
20,379 South Africa292
3,103 Burkina Faso192
1,975 Mauritania168

Immigrants to US

From Italy

Ernesto Mama worked as country man while Luigi Mama was Country man and hailed from Grassobio, Italy. 17 years old Luigi embarked for New York from Genoa on Ems and arrived on September 22, 1898.

Mama Namesakes

  • Abdoul-Gafar Mamah, Soccer player
  • Abdoulaye Mamani, Poet
  • Adir Maman, Soccer player
  • Adji Mamat Borneo, Film Art Director
  • Tony Mamaluke, Professional wrestler
  • Mohammad Reza Mamani, Soccer player
  • Sow Alpha Mamadou, Actor
  • Amadu Mamadakov, Actor
  • Amina Mama, Writer
  • Natalya Mamatova, Olympic athlete

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