Maman is used as a family name or surname in Niger. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Maman
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Niger
Meaning: The family name is common in the Jewish community in North Africa, including Morocco. Generally offers one that is native to Meaman, locality of the province of Orense, in Spanish Benaflalo. I confess I do not know this town, which I find no trace. Another avenue would be to link the name to the Arabic root '.mn containing the idea of faith, trust (= Muman believer).

How popular is Maman?

Maman is common in Niger.

Maman is ranked 2243 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mamans grew by 17.08333 per cent to 281 since 2000 and ranked 69793 after elevating 5164 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.22 76.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 11.39 10
Black 6.76 0
Others 2.49 5.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 3.75
Maman is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Niger which signifies that it is originated from Niger. Around 243261 people have been found who wears Maman as their family name. Maman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
5,340 Iceland6
11,802 Egypt4
671 Mali4
10,542 China4
1,750 Rwanda4
4,529 Mauritius3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
18,114 Algeria3
4,881 Oman3
710 French Polynesia3
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
5,139 Bolivia2
40,064 Nigeria2
24,766 Scotland2
13,552 Qatar2
18,625 Japan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
20,186 Kenya2
10,284 Kuwait2
31,767 Greece2
1,848 Madagascar2
40,256 Mexico2
1,421 Gabon2
8,657 Lebanon2
89,020 Tanzania2
12,844 Pakistan2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
34,581 Chile1
15,162 Costa Rica1
174,544 Czech Republic1
30,360 Thailand1
7,292 Vietnam1
24,460 Armenia1
10,190 Bahrain1
165,773 Belarus1
734 Chad1
340 Comoros1
17,236 Ghana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
692 Guinea1
16,073 Latvia1
4,942 Libya1
2,724 New Caledonia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,678 Singapore1
11,923 Slovenia1
5,589 Sudan1
18,969 Wales1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,947 Netherlands31
67,388 Australia26
3,830 Luxembourg20
29,040 Denmark15
4,554 Senegal14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,606 Peru100
4,545 Burkina Faso89
31,348 Spain78
6,658 Uruguay73
11,661 Kyrgyzstan63
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Maman:
10,751 Argentina508
52,641 United States499
15,386 Turkey419
3,095 Switzerland369
12,170 Canada316
39,161 Brazil286
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
5,652 Tunisia231
25,955 South Africa219
12,731 Kazakhstan210
50,182 Germany202
9,201 Malaysia202
24,611 England199
8,460 Venezuela176
50,581 Italy146
88,775 Russia137
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
43,161 Ukraine119
Countries with thousands of Maman:
2,722 Indonesia5,487
164 Israel4,948
707 Togo1,600
24,732 India1,575
1,296 Benin1,406
1,856 Ivory Coast1,315
1,237 Belgium1,180
4,491 Morocco1,141
8,161 Iran1,126
3,271 Cameroon1,090
Countries with ten thousands of Maman:
195 France19,679
Countries with hundred thousands of Maman:
14 Niger197,456
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margt. Maman was 29 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 2, 1851. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as immigrant and took Constitution from Liverpool.

Comments

C
Corie Therrien
 This name is Gallo-Roman ancient form of the name is: mamas justification for this name: "Holy Mother, martyr in Cappadocia - localitést mom-drome".

Maman Namesakes

  • Abdoulaye Mamani, Poet
  • Adir Maman, Soccer player
  • Mohammad Reza Mamani, Soccer player
  • Roberto Mamani Mamani, Artist
  • Baruch Maman, Soccer player
  • Jamshid Ghanbari Maman, Politician
  • Braulio Mamani, Musical Artist
  • Nayra Calle Mamani, Actor
  • Dov Mamann, Film producer
  • Efrain Mamani, Musical Artist
  • In 2010 comedy film, BlockBuster, Sharon Maman played Menash.

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