Boemah Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Boemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Boemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boemah is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boemah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boemah live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 7 percent live and Liberia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Boemah
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