Bamaja Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Bamaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Bamaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamaja occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bamaja live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Bamaja is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
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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 Bamaja
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