Bamala Surname
Approximately 947 people bear this surname
Bamala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 275 | 1:56,139 | 8,500 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Cameroon | 210 | 1:98,900 | 11,715 |
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bamala (468) may also be a first name.
Bamala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamala (Arabic: بمالا, Hindi: बामला, Marathi: बमला, Oriya: ବମଳା) is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bamala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 377,345th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,695,402 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bamala reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 46 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bamala is also the 393,633rd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 468 people.
The last name Bamala is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 56,139. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 55 percent reside, Bulawayo Province, where 13 percent reside and Harare Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamala in the Marathi language | ||
| बमला | bamala | 71.43 |
| बामला | bamala | 28.57 |
| Bamala in the Oriya language | ||
| ବମଳା | bamala | 54.29 |
| ବମାଲା | bamala | 20 |
| ବମଲା | bamala | 11.43 |
| ବାମଲା | bamala | 5.71 |
| ବମାଳା | bamala | 2.86 |
| ବିମଳା | bimala | 2.86 |
| ବାମାଳା | bamala | 2.86 |
| Bamala in the Hindi language | ||
| बामला | bamala | 50 |
| बमला | bamala | 50 |
| Bamala in the Arabic language | ||
| بمالا | bmala | - |
| بامالا | bamala | - |
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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 Bamala
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