Ballama Surname
Approximately 501 people bear this surname
Ballama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 362 | 1:489,345 | 24,522 |
| Niger | 83 | 1:231,229 | 7,510 |
| Albania | 35 | 1:83,259 | 8,773 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ballama (227) may also be a first name.
Ballama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ballama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ballama (Hindi: बल्लामा, Marathi: बाामा, Oriya: ବାଲାମା) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ballama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ballama is the 615,220th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ballama reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 596,468th most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 227 people.
Ballama is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 489,345. In Nigeria Ballama is most common in: Jigawa, where 51 percent are found, Borno, where 39 percent are found and Yobe, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 17 percent are found and Albania, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ballama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ballama in the Marathi language | ||
| बाामा | baama | - |
| Ballama in the Hindi language | ||
| बल्लामा | ballama | 66.67 |
| बल्लमा | ballama | 33.33 |
| Ballama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଲାମା | balama | 50 |
| ବାଲମା | balama | 50 |
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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 Ballama
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