Baamu Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Baamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Baamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baamu is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baamu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Baamu is the 2,689,253rd most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Baamu reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Baamu is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 830,623. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Luuka District, where 17 percent live, Wakiso District, where 15 percent live and Kampala District, where 13 percent live. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
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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 Baamu
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