Baana Surname
Approximately 4,810 people bear this surname
Baana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,496 | 1:50,670 | 3,887 |
| Cameroon | 731 | 1:28,412 | 3,853 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| India | 71 | 1:10,803,738 | 202,948 |
| Niger | 71 | 1:270,310 | 8,391 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Baãna (1) are calculated separately.
Baana (3,610) may also be a first name.
Baana Demographics
Baana Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Baana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baana (Arabic: البعاني, Marathi: बाना, Oriya: ବାଅନା) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant: Baãna. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 98,557th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,515,082 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Baana reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 117,697th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,610 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,496 people, or 1 in 50,670. In Nigeria Baana is most frequent in: Borno, where 72 percent are found, Yobe, where 14 percent are found and Benue, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Baana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Baana surname is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Baana earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.44% more than the national average, earning $43,771 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baana in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଅନା | ba'ana | - |
| Baana in the Marathi language | ||
| बाना | bana | 50 |
| बँाना | bamana | 50 |
| Baana in the Arabic language | ||
| البعاني | albany | - |
| البعيني | albyny | - |
| بعيني | byny | - |
| بيانا | byana | - |
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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
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- 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 Baana
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