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 surname Bamus is most common in Malawi. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamus? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 702,422nd most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,392,711 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Bamus are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 530,161st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 280 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Excluding Malawi it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Indonesia, where 21 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 Bamus
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