Bamenya Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Bamenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bamenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamenya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻨﻴﺎ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bamenya reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Bamenya is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamenya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﻨﻴﺎ | bamnya | - |
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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 Bamenya
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