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
The surname Bahrami (Hindi: बहरामी) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahrami? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bahrami is the 3,620th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 46,893 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bahrami live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 120,478th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 3,479 people.
It is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 152,950 people, or 1 in 502. In Iran Bahrami is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 14 percent live, Isfahan Province, where 12 percent live and Hamadan Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Iran it exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Bahrami Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bahrami surname are 9.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.86% registered with the political 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.
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Bahrami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrami in the Hindi language | ||
| बहरामी | baharami | - |
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