Bempah Surname

81,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,980 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Bempah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bempah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5,4721:4,938689
Indonesia2671:495,31540,583
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
England731:763,26141,903
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bempah (455) may also be a first name.

Bempah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bempah has its highest incidence in Ghana. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bempah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 81,258th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,218,653 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Bempah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 400,634th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 455 people.

It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 5,472 people, or 1 in 4,938. Beside Ghana this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Bempah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bempah surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Bempah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning $43,818 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bempa91631/
Bempoh8310/
Bempas839/
Beempa834/
Bompah833/
Biempa831/
Bitempa77164/
Besmpea7732/
Bimpaha771/
Bampa732,483/
Bimpa731,369/
Vempa73907/
Bompa73875/
Bempo7324/
Besmpeas711/
Baisempa711/
Bampoh671,124/
Bimpas67403/
Bompay67136/
Mpempa67129/
Bompai6756/
Bismpa6738/
Bempou6726/
Vempaa6724/
Buimpa6721/
Baimpa6720/
Bampai6717/
Bempos6716/
Beinpa6715/
Bhampa6710/
Bimpap673/
Bhimpa673/
Bampha673/
Bompha672/
Bimpea671/
Vempai671/
Bhompa671/
Bimppa671/
Bombpa671/

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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 Bempah
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