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
Bamy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﻲ) occurs most in Guinea. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bamy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 154,965th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,574,195 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bamy live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Mande Africa. Bamy is also the 687,834th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 176 people.
Bamy is most commonly occurring in Guinea, where it is borne by 2,690 people, or 1 in 4,399. In Guinea it is most numerous in: Nzérékoré Region, where 85 percent reside, Kankan Region, where 10 percent reside and Conakry Region, where 4 percent reside. Besides Guinea Bamy is found 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 frequency of Bamy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 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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- 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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