Bamah Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Bamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bamah (202) may also be a first name.
Bamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamah (Hindi: बमह) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bamah is the 1,108,016th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Bamah are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 637,340th most frequently held forename on earth. It is borne by 202 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 1,440,185. In Nigeria Bamah is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 73 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 15 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamah in the Hindi language | ||
| बमह | bamaha | - |
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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 Bamah
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