Boama Surname
Approximately 1,841 people bear this surname
Boama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Boama (2,348) may also be a first name.
Boama Demographics
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Boama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boama is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boama is the 221,588th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,958,471 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Boama live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boama is also the 153,451st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 2,348 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,732 people, or 1 in 15,601. Excluding Ghana it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Boama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boama has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boama Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Boama last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the party.
Boama earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.75% less than the national average, earning $39,375 USD per year.
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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 Boama
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