Babama Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Babama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Babama (50) may also be a first name.

Babama Last Name Facts

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

Babama (Marathi: बाबामा, Russian: Бабама) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Babama? popularity and diffusion

Babama is the 2,106,139th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Babama live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 50 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,321,407. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Babama occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent reside.

Babama Last Name Statistics demography

Babama earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 103.39% more than the national average, earning R 483,336 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Babama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babama in the Marathi language
बाबामाbabama50
बाबमाbabama50
Babama in the Russian language
Бабамаbabama-

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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 Babama
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