Bamus Surname
Approximately 419 people bear this surname
Bamus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Bamus (280) may also be a first name.
Bamus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bamus has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamus? popularity and diffusion
Bamus is the 702,422nd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 17,392,711 people. The surname Bamus occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Bamus live; 44 percent live in Southern Africa and 44 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bamus is also the 530,161st most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 280 people.
The last name Bamus is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Besides Malawi this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 21 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
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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 Bamus
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