Bamun Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Bamun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| Ivory Coast | 50 | 1:461,425 | 15,070 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bamun (523) may also be a first name.
Bamun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bamun (Hindi: बमुन, Marathi: बामुन, Oriya: ବାମୁଣ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 893,754th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. Bamun is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Bamun are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 369,131st most frequently used first name globally, held by 523 people.
Bamun is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria Bamun is mostly found in: Benue, where 81 percent live, Taraba, where 18 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamun in the Hindi language | ||
| बमुन | bamuna | - |
| Bamun in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାମୁଣ | bamuna | 86.67 |
| ବାମୁନ | bamuna | 13.33 |
| Bamun in the Marathi language | ||
| बामुन | bamuna | 66.67 |
| शामुन | samuna | 33.33 |
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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 Bamun
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