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
Biame occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Biame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Biame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Biame is the 1,038,570th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Biame is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Biame are found; 74 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 111 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 116,680. In Cameroon Biame is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent live, Southwest Region, where 35 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Cameroon Biame is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
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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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