Boame Surname
Approximately 1,351 people bear this surname
Boame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| Ivory Coast | 65 | 1:354,942 | 12,641 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Boamé (1) are calculated separately.
Boame (55) may also be a first name.
Boame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boame is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Boamé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boame? popularity and diffusion
Boame is the 284,799th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 5,394,186 people. The surname Boame is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Boame are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boame is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 1,247 people, or 1 in 21,669. Aside from Ghana Boame is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Boame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boame has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Boame last name contracted 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Boame
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