Bejame Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Bejame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bejame (186) may also be a first name.
Bejame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bejame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bejame has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bejame? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bejame are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bejame is also the 667,122nd most frequently held first name on earth, held by 186 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 50 percent are found, Kogi, where 18 percent are found and Ogun, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 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 Bejame
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