Bamas Surname
Approximately 1,273 people bear this surname
Bamas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 522 | 1:127,247 | 19,388 |
| Yemen | 461 | 1:57,322 | 4,367 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Burkina Faso | 50 | 1:367,042 | 5,907 |
| Greece | 38 | 1:291,573 | 42,990 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Bamaś (2) are calculated separately.
Bamas (222) may also be a first name.
Bamas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamas (Hindi: बामस, Marathi: बमस) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Bamaś. For other potential spellings of Bamas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 298,939th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,724,702 people. Bamas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Bamas reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 41 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Bamas is also the 605,116th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 222 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 127,247. In France Bamas is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 38 percent are found, Normandy, where 27 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Not including France this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Bamas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bamas has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamas in the Hindi language | ||
| बामस | bamasa | - |
| Bamas in the Marathi language | ||
| बमस | bamasa | 50 |
| बामस | bamasa | 25 |
| बयस | bayasa | 25 |
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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 Bamas
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