Bamy Surname
Approximately 2,831 people bear this surname
Bamy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2,690 | 1:4,399 | 217 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bamy (176) may also be a first name.
Bamy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻲ) is more frequently found in Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamy? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bamy is the 154,965th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,574,195 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bamy are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Mande Africa. Bamy is also the 687,834th most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 176 people.
The last name Bamy is most commonly used in Guinea, where it is carried by 2,690 people, or 1 in 4,399. In Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Nzérékoré Region, where 85 percent reside, Kankan Region, where 10 percent reside and Conakry Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Guinea Bamy exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Bamy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bamy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﻲ | bamy | - |
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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 Bamy
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