Bilama Surname
Approximately 683 people bear this surname
Bilama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 343 | 1:154,349 | 13,932 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Niger | 40 | 1:479,800 | 12,724 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bilama (256) may also be a first name.
Bilama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bilama (Hindi: बिलमा, Marathi: िबलमा, Oriya: ବିଲମା) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bilama.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bilama is the 486,338th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 10,669,906 people. The surname Bilama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bilama are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bilama is also the 556,659th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 256 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 154,349. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 3 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bilama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bilama in the Hindi language | ||
| बिलमा | bilama | - |
| Bilama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଲମା | bilama | 60 |
| ବିଲାମ | bilama | 20 |
| ବିଲମ | bilama | 20 |
| Bilama in the Marathi language | ||
| िबलमा | ibalama | 55.56 |
| िबलामा | ibalama | 22.22 |
| बीळमा | bilama | 11.11 |
| िबळामा | ibalama | 11.11 |
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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 Bilama
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