Bitama Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Bitama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 221 | 1:239,555 | 19,542 |
| Uganda | 99 | 1:394,336 | 24,810 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bitama (56) may also be a first name.
Bitama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bitama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bitama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺘﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: बिटामा, Oriya: ବିତମା, Russian: Битама) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bitama.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 721,185th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,038,480 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bitama live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most numerous given name throughout the world, borne by 56 people.
The last name Bitama is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 239,555. In Tanzania Bitama is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 2 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bitama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bitama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺘﺎﻣﻪ | btamh | - |
| Bitama in the Hindi language | ||
| बिटामा | bitama | - |
| Bitama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିତମା | bitama | 40 |
| ବିତାମା | bitama | 20 |
| ବିଟମା | bitama | 20 |
| ଜିତମଇ | jitama'i | 20 |
| Bitama in the Russian language | ||
| Битама | bitama | - |
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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 Bitama
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