Birahama Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Birahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Birahama (66) may also be a first name.
Birahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birahama is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birahama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Birahama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Birahama live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 66 people.
The surname Birahama is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda Birahama is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 88 percent are found and Ntungamo District, where 13 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 11 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 Birahama
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