Bema Surname
Approximately 6,579 people bear this surname
Bema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,647 | 1:10,394 | 1,611 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,635 | 1:14,111 | 1,122 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Cameroon | 619 | 1:33,553 | 4,525 |
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Nigeria | 267 | 1:663,456 | 30,992 |
| Burkina Faso | 196 | 1:93,633 | 3,041 |
| Zimbabwe | 150 | 1:102,922 | 14,428 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Latvia | 58 | 1:35,346 | 5,386 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Poland | 39 | 1:974,583 | 70,126 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| United States | 25 | 1:14,498,357 | 517,445 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 19 | 1:314,350 | 27,488 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Bemá (2), Bēma (2) & Béma (1) are calculated separately.
Bema (9,980) may also be a first name.
Bema Demographics
Average Bema Salary in
United States
$33,423 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻢ, Hindi: बेमा, Marathi: बेमा, Oriya: େବମା, Russian: Бема, Tibetan: བི་མ་) is most common in Malawi. It may be rendered as: Bemá, Bēma or Béma. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bema is the 74,716th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,107,698 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bema live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 61,321st most frequent first name world-wide, held by 9,980 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,647 people, or 1 in 10,394. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 56 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and Ghana, where 12 percent reside.
Bema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bema surname rose 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bema Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bema surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bema earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 122.69% more than the national average, earning R 529,188 per year and in United States they earn 22.54% less than the national average, earning $33,423 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻢ | bm | - |
| Bema in the Tibetan language | ||
| བི་མ་ | bima | - |
| Bema in the Marathi language | ||
| बेमा | bema | - |
| Bema in the Hindi language | ||
| बेमा | bema | 90 |
| बेना | bena | 10 |
| Bema in the Oriya language | ||
| େବମା | ebama | 88.46 |
| େବମ | ebama | 7.69 |
| େମାଟୁମ | ematuma | 3.85 |
| Bema in the Russian language | ||
| Бема | bema | - |
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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
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- 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 Bema
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