Banamba Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Banamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Banamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banamba is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Banamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Banamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Banamba is the 2,237,939th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Banamba reside; 82 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Banamba is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 76 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 20 percent reside and East Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Banamba is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Banamba
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