Baniah Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Baniah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 521 | 1:253,837 | 23,101 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Baniah (3,448) may also be a first name.
Baniah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baniah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Baniah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baniah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 528,890th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The surname Baniah occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Baniah are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 85 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 121,102nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 3,448 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 521 people, or 1 in 253,837. In Indonesia Baniah is most frequent in: Central Kalimantan, where 34 percent are found, West Java, where 10 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Baniah
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