Bemah Surname
Approximately 2,173 people bear this surname
Bemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Liberia | 885 | 1:4,981 | 605 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Bemah (96) may also be a first name.
Bemah Demographics
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Bemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bemah is found most in Ghana. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bemah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 193,547th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,353,680 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bemah live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 968,397th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 96 people.
The last name Bemah is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,039 people, or 1 in 26,006. Aside from Ghana Bemah occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 41 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 percent reside.
Bemah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bemah surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the party.
The amount Bemah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 4.07% less than the national average, earning $41,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.03% less than the national average, earning $45,196 CAD per year.
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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 Bemah
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