Baraana Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Baraana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Baraana (174) may also be a first name.
Baraana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baraana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baraana has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Baraana.
How Common Is The Last Name Baraana? popularity and diffusion
Baraana is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Baraana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baraana live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 692,220th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 174 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Baraana is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 92 percent reside, Gombe, where 4 percent reside and Sokoto, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 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 Baraana
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