Bameya Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Bameya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Bameya (39) may also be a first name.
Bameya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bameya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bameya is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bameya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bameya? popularity and diffusion
Bameya is the 2,436,415th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bameya reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 39 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Excluding The DR Congo it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 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 Bameya
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