Banaama Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Banaama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Banaama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banaama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banaama (Oriya: ବାନଆମା) is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Banaama.
How Common Is The Last Name Banaama? popularity and diffusion
Banaama is the 4,427,875th most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Banaama reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Banaama is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Sheema District, where 35 percent reside, Kiruhura District, where 18 percent reside and Rukungiri District, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent reside and Malaysia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banaama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banaama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାନଆମା | bana'ama | 50 |
| ବାନାଆମା | bana'ama | 50 |
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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 Banaama
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