Babalami Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Babalami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Babalami Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Babalami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Babalami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Babalami is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Babalami click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babalami? popularity and diffusion

Babalami is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Babalami is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Babalami reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 63 percent live, Bayelsa, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babalama882/
Bavalami881/
Babelami881/
Bampaliami781/
Babolama754/
Babalome751/
Bobalama751/
Babelemi751/
Bavalameh711/
Babeleme639/
Bobolama634/
Bawoulame591/
Boboulama591/
Waiwalamma561/
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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 Babalami
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