Biame Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Biame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 178 | 1:116,680 | 13,410 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Biame (111) may also be a first name.
Biame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Biame is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Biame.
How Common Is The Last Name Biame? popularity and diffusion
Biame is the 1,038,570th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. Biame occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Biame live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Biame is also the 890,531st most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 111 people.
It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Biame is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 9 percent are found. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 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 Biame
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