Bahrami Surname
Approximately 155,407 people bear this surname
Bahrami Surname User-submission:
The surname Bajrami or Bahrami. It comes from a Kurdish-Persian masculine noun bahram, a name of an ancient Persian angel. The suffix -i in Persian makes a word adjectival. So bajrami means 'of the Bahram the angel'.
Read More About This SurnameBahrami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 152,950 | 1:502 | 54 |
| United States | 877 | 1:413,294 | 35,917 |
| Canada | 273 | 1:134,966 | 13,971 |
| Afghanistan | 264 | 1:121,792 | 2,879 |
| England | 190 | 1:293,253 | 22,497 |
| Sweden | 108 | 1:91,174 | 6,647 |
| Kuwait | 106 | 1:35,856 | 4,508 |
| Australia | 100 | 1:269,957 | 24,430 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Azerbaijan | 42 | 1:229,741 | 5,808 |
| Denmark | 40 | 1:141,118 | 12,512 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Norway | 33 | 1:155,827 | 19,235 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
Bahrami (3,479) may also be a first name.
Bahrami Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Bajrami or Bahrami. It comes from a Kurdish-Persian masculine noun bahram, a name of an ancient Persian angel. The suffix -i in Persian makes a word adjectival. So bajrami means 'of the Bahram the angel'.
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Bahrami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahrami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bahrami (Hindi: बहरामी) is most common in Iran. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahrami? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,620th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 46,893 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bahrami reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Bahrami is also the 120,478th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 3,479 people.
The surname is most common in Iran, where it is held by 152,950 people, or 1 in 502. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 12 percent reside and Hamadan Province, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Iran this surname occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Bahrami Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bahrami surname are 9.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.86% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bahrami earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 18.74% more than the national average, earning 410,940 kr per year; in United States they earn 35.98% more than the national average, earning $58,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.95% more than the national average, earning $60,091 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahrami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrami in the Hindi language | ||
| बहरामी | baharami | - |
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