Bathalomew Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sierra Leone

Bathalomew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bathalomew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533

Bathalomew (71) may also be a first name.

Bathalomew Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bathalomew Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bathalomew has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bathalomew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bathalomew is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bathalomew reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bathalomew is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 71 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 40 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 35 percent are found and Borno, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in China, where 5 percent are found and Sierra Leone, where 5 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 Bathalomew
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