Bamen Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Bamen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 229 | 1:90,695 | 10,883 |
| Papua New Guinea | 42 | 1:194,136 | 26,902 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Bamen (183) may also be a first name.
Bamen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bamen (Hindi: बमॅन, Marathi: बामेन, Russian: Бамен) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 839,220th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Bamen reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bamen is also the 673,127th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 183 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 90,695. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 55 percent are found, West Region, where 24 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Bamen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bamen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bamen last name fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamen in the Hindi language | ||
| बमॅन | bamena | 83.33 |
| बमेन | bamena | 16.67 |
| Bamen in the Marathi language | ||
| बामेन | bamena | 80 |
| बामेण | bamena | 10 |
| बमेन | bamena | 10 |
| Bamen in the Russian language | ||
| Бамен | bamen | - |
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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 Bamen
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