Bameke Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Bameke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Nigeria | 149 | 1:1,188,878 | 48,183 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bameke (12) may also be a first name.
Bameke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bameke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bameke is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bameke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 887,624th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname Bameke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bameke are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bameke is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 49 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bameke
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