Bamu Surname
Approximately 2,294 people bear this surname
Bamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 643 | 1:114,898 | 12,589 |
| Zimbabwe | 356 | 1:43,366 | 6,683 |
| Indonesia | 318 | 1:415,878 | 35,049 |
| Cameroon | 280 | 1:74,175 | 9,224 |
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Papua New Guinea | 147 | 1:55,467 | 7,053 |
| India | 104 | 1:7,375,629 | 160,209 |
| Uganda | 85 | 1:459,286 | 27,240 |
| Solomon Islands | 63 | 1:9,207 | 1,553 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bamu (1,278) may also be a first name.
Bamu Demographics
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Bamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamu (Bengali: ভামু, Hindi: बामू, Marathi: बमू, Oriya: ବାମୁ, Russian: Баму) is held by more people in The DR Congo 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 Bamu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 184,833rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,176,785 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Bamu reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bamu is also the 220,538th most widely held forename internationally, held by 1,278 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 643 people, or 1 in 114,898. Beside The DR Congo Bamu occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
Bamu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bamu surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% registered with the political party.
The amount Bamu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.51% less than the national average, earning R 15,432 per year and in United States they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $43,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamu in the Bengali language | ||
| ভামু | bhamu | - |
| Bamu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାମୁ | bamu | 85.71 |
| ବସୁ | basu | 14.29 |
| Bamu in the Hindi language | ||
| बामू | bamu | 84.51 |
| बामु | bamu | 5.63 |
| बाँऊ | bamu | 4.23 |
| बमू | bamu | 4.23 |
| बंउ | bamu | 1.41 |
| Bamu in the Marathi language | ||
| बमू | bamu | 59.57 |
| बमु | bamu | 26.45 |
| बामु | bamu | 8.39 |
| बामू | bamu | 5.59 |
| Bamu in the Russian language | ||
| Баму | bamu | - |
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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 Bamu
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