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
Bame Political Affiliation
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Bame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: बामे, Marathi: बामे, Oriya: ବାେମ, Russian: Бамэ) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as a variant: Bamé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bame? popularity and diffusion
Bame is the 74,072nd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,097,357 people. The surname Bame is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Bame reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 20 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bame is also the 108,698th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 4,099 people.
Bame is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,345 people, or 1 in 269,486. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Ohio, where 14 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States Bame is found in 42 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Bame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bame has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 663 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bame Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bame last name are 30.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.9% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Bame
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