Bambah Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Bambah Surname User-submission:
According to a book written by a British Civil servant called "Indian Castes and Tribes", Bambah was the name of a tribe which came from Bamiyan in Afghanistan. Bamba in Japanese means wooden snow shovel.
Bambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bambah (56) may also be a first name.
Bambah Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
According to a book written by a British Civil servant called "Indian Castes and Tribes", Bambah was the name of a tribe which came from Bamiyan in Afghanistan. Bamba in Japanese means wooden snow shovel.
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Where Does The Last Name Bambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bambah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﺒﺢ, Hindi: बाम्बा) is most common in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bambah.
How Common Is The Last Name Bambah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. Bambah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Bambah live; 31 percent live in South Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bambah is also the 1,321,957th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 56 people.
The last name Bambah is most common in India, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 40,371,862. In India it is most frequent in: Delhi, where 37 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent are found and Chandigarh, where 5 percent are found. Not including India it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 15 percent are found and Qatar, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bambah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bambah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﺒﺢ | bambh | - |
| Bambah in the Hindi language | ||
| बाम्बा | bamba | 50 |
| बाम्बह | bambaha | 50 |
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Footnotes
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