Banma Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Banma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Banmã (1) are calculated separately.
Banma (30) may also be a first name.
Banma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banma is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Banmã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Banma is the 2,776,799th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Banma live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 30 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 58 percent live, Zamfara, where 38 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
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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 Banma
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