Birma Surname
Approximately 2,281 people bear this surname
Birma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,704 | 1:103,957 | 7,001 |
| Niger | 371 | 1:51,731 | 2,572 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Birma (12,164) may also be a first name.
Birma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birma (Hindi: बिरमा, Marathi: बीरमा, Oriya: ବିମର୍, Russian: Бирма) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 185,769th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,194,891 people. Birma is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Birma are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Birma is also the 53,656th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 12,164 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,704 people, or 1 in 103,957. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 35 percent live, Adamawa, where 21 percent live and Yobe, where 18 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Birma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Birma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birma surname rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Birma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Birma in the Hindi language | ||
| बिरमा | birama | 84.91 |
| बीरमा | birama | 11.17 |
| बिर्मा | birma | 2.99 |
| विरमा | virama | 0.31 |
| बीर्मा | birma | 0.21 |
| बि्रमा | birama | 0.21 |
| बृमा | brma | 0.05 |
| बिर्म | birma | 0.05 |
| ब्रमा | brama | 0.05 |
| Birma in the Marathi language | ||
| बीरमा | birama | 50 |
| िमना | imana | 50 |
| Birma in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିମର୍ | bimar | 29.17 |
| ବିମ | bima | 25 |
| ବିମର୍ା | bimara | 20.83 |
| ବିରମ | birama | 8.33 |
| ବିରମା | birama | 4.17 |
| ବିମଜ୍ | bimaj | 4.17 |
| ବୀମର୍ | bimar | 4.17 |
| ବିମବ୍ | bimab | 4.17 |
| Birma in the Russian language | ||
| Бирма | birma | - |
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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
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- 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 Birma
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