Bambai Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Bambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 178 | 1:45,807 | 5,667 |
| Yemen | 61 | 1:433,202 | 10,576 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bambai (681) may also be a first name.
Bambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bambai (Hindi: बम्बई, Marathi: बंबई, Oriya: ବାାଇ, Russian: Бамбаи) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bambai? popularity and diffusion
Bambai is the 798,040th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name Bambai is predominantly found in Oceania, where 51 percent of Bambai are found; 51 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 51 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 317,248th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 681 people.
The surname Bambai is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 45,807. In Papua New Guinea Bambai is primarily concentrated in: West New Britain, where 87 percent reside, Madang, where 4 percent reside and Morobe, where 4 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 17 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bambai in the Marathi language | ||
| बंबई | bamba'i | 82.76 |
| बंबाई | bamba'i | 13.79 |
| बेगमबी | begamabi | 3.45 |
| Bambai in the Hindi language | ||
| बम्बई | bamba'i | 64.56 |
| बंबई | bamba'i | 34.18 |
| बम्बइ | bamba'i | 1.27 |
| Bambai in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାାଇ | baa'i | 60 |
| ବାଇ | ba'i | 40 |
| Bambai in the Russian language | ||
| Бамбаи | bambai | - |
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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 Bambai
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