Bamlak Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Bamlak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamlak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Bamlak (1,507) may also be a first name.

Bamlak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bamlak Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bamlak is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamlak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bamlak is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bamlak live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 200,189th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 1,507 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Not including Ethiopia Bamlak exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Bamlak
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