Bandah Surname
Approximately 6,638 people bear this surname
Bandah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,019 | 1:3,411 | 448 |
| Pakistan | 857 | 1:208,453 | 5,025 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Liberia | 173 | 1:25,483 | 2,487 |
| Afghanistan | 76 | 1:423,068 | 5,769 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Zambia | 7 | 1:2,264,275 | 33,397 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bandah (214) may also be a first name.
Bandah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bandah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bandah (Oriya: ବାଃ) has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 74,104th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,097,853 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Bandah reside; 76 percent reside in Southern Africa and 76 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Bandah is also the 617,781st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 214 people.
The surname Bandah is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 5,019 people, or 1 in 3,411. Besides Malawi this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 13 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bandah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bandah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଃ | bah | 75 |
| ବାଆ | ba'a | 25 |
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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 Bandah
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