Bame Surname
Approximately 6,641 people bear this surname
Bame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,345 | 1:269,486 | 25,328 |
| Cameroon | 1,042 | 1:19,932 | 2,707 |
| Indonesia | 874 | 1:151,315 | 14,851 |
| Senegal | 681 | 1:21,409 | 540 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Botswana | 469 | 1:4,663 | 715 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Albania | 225 | 1:12,951 | 2,378 |
| India | 212 | 1:3,618,233 | 101,667 |
| Papua New Guinea | 184 | 1:44,314 | 5,438 |
| South Africa | 170 | 1:318,692 | 30,132 |
| Niger | 105 | 1:182,781 | 6,371 |
| Ivory Coast | 94 | 1:245,439 | 9,826 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 203 | 1:247,383 | 20,545 |
The alternate forms: Bamé (5) are calculated separately.
Bame (4,099) may also be a first name.
Bame Demographics
Average Bame Salary in
United States
$40,149 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: बामे, Marathi: बामे, Oriya: ବାେମ, Russian: Бамэ) is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Bamé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 74,072nd most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,097,357 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Bame live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 108,698th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 4,099 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,345 people, or 1 in 269,486. In The United States Bame is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Ohio, where 14 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Beside The United States it is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Bame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bame surname increased 663 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bame last name are 30.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.9% registered with the party.
The amount Bame earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.12% more than the national average, earning R 240,300 per year; in United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.32% less than the national average, earning $38,596 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﻪ | bamh | - |
| Bame in the Hindi language | ||
| बामे | bame | - |
| Bame in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାେମ | baema | - |
| Bame in the Marathi language | ||
| बामे | bame | 97.3 |
| बामणे | bamane | 2.7 |
| Bame in the Russian language | ||
| Бамэ | bame | - |
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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 Bame
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