Ba Mai Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Ba Mai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
The alternate forms: Bâ Mai (1) are calculated separately.
Ba Mai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ba Mai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ba Mai is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Bâ Mai. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ba Mai? popularity and diffusion
Ba Mai is the 2,185,341st most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Ba Mai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ba Mai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 362,114. In Niger Ba Mai is most numerous in: Diffa Region, where 53 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 47 percent are found. Outside of Niger this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found.
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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 Ba Mai
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