Banabas Surname
Approximately 4,217 people bear this surname
Banabas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,863 | 1:95,085 | 6,539 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,559 | 1:5,230 | 312 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Solomon Islands | 41 | 1:14,147 | 2,649 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Banabas (12,028) may also be a first name.
Banabas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banabas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Banabas (Bengali: বনবাস, Hindi: बनबास, Marathi: बनाबास, Oriya: ବନବାସ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banabas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 110,265th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,728,135 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Banabas live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Banabas is also the 54,071st most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 12,028 people.
Banabas is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,863 people, or 1 in 95,085. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 11 percent are found, Rivers, where 9 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent are found and Ghana, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banabas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banabas in the Bengali language | ||
| বনবাস | banabasa | - |
| Banabas in the Hindi language | ||
| बनबास | banabasa | - |
| Banabas in the Oriya language | ||
| ବନବାସ | banabasa | 84.6 |
| ବନବସ | banabasa | 11.04 |
| ବନବାସାଇଁ | banabasa'im | 2.18 |
| ବନବସ୍ | banabas | 0.29 |
| ବନବାସି | banabasi | 0.15 |
| ବାନାବାସ | banabasa | 0.15 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 0.07 |
| ବନାବାସ | banabasa | 0.07 |
| ବନବାସ୍ | banabas | 0.07 |
| ବନବାସୀ | banabasi | 0.07 |
| ବାର୍ାବାସ | barabasa | 0.07 |
| Banabas in the Marathi language | ||
| बनाबास | banabasa | 66.67 |
| बानबस | banabasa | 16.67 |
| बनबास | banabasa | 16.67 |
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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 Banabas
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