Balamu Surname
Approximately 841 people bear this surname
Balamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| Indonesia | 162 | 1:816,353 | 61,944 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Balamu (1,513) may also be a first name.
Balamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balamu (Hindi: बलमू, Marathi: बालमु, Oriya: ବାଲସୁ, Russian: Баламу) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Balamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balamu? popularity and diffusion
Balamu is the 414,183rd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Balamu are found; 39 percent are found in East Africa and 39 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,714th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 1,513 people.
The last name Balamu is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent are found, Buyende District, where 12 percent are found and Kaliro District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and Malawi, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balamu in the Marathi language | ||
| बालमु | balamu | 88.89 |
| बाळमू | balamu | 11.11 |
| Balamu in the Hindi language | ||
| बलमू | balamu | 50 |
| बालमू | balamu | 30 |
| बालमु | balamu | 20 |
| Balamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲସୁ | balasu | 50 |
| ବଳମୁ | balamu | 50 |
| Balamu in the Russian language | ||
| Баламу | balamu | - |
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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 Balamu
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