Family name مارياما (Mariama 
, مارياما) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The surname مارياما is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Gambia, where it is quite a rare surname, Senegal, and Cameroon. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Cameroon, Ghana, and Indonesia. More prevalently, مارياما is the forename as well as the last name.