Ba'ana Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Ba'ana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 459 | 1:45,249 | 5,951 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Ba'ana (28) may also be a first name.
Ba'ana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ba'ana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ba'ana has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ba'ana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 653,013th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ba'ana reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 69 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 459 people, or 1 in 45,249. In Cameroon Ba'ana is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 46 percent reside, South Region, where 37 percent reside and Far North Region, where 17 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Ba'ana
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