Bamayi Surname
Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname
Bamayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 882 | 1:200,842 | 12,034 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Bamayi (718) may also be a first name.
Bamayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamayi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bamayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 287,524th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,458,836 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bamayi reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 308,040th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 718 people.
The last name Bamayi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria Bamayi is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live, Kebbi, where 14 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Bamayi exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Iran, where 2 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bamayi
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