Bamei Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Bamei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bamei (11,211) may also be a first name.
Bamei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamei (Oriya: ବାେମଇ) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Bamei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamei? popularity and diffusion
Bamei is the 988,329th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name Bamei is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Bamei live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 56,754th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 11,211 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 360,388. Besides The DR Congo Bamei occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Iran, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamei in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାେମଇ | baema'i | - |
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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 Bamei
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