Bamhara Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Bamhara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 160 | 1:96,489 | 13,660 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Bamhara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamhara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bamhara occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamhara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bamhara live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Bamhara is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 96,489. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 37 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bamhara
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