Bolama Surname
Approximately 1,027 people bear this surname
Bolama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 944 | 1:78,262 | 9,071 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Bolama (118) may also be a first name.
Bolama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolama (Arabic: بوليما, Hindi: बोलमा, Marathi: बोलमा, Oriya: େବାଲାମା) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bolama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bolama is the 354,295th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,095,955 people. The surname Bolama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bolama are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bolama is also the 859,937th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 118 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 944 people, or 1 in 78,262. Without taking into account The DR Congo it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolama in the Hindi language | ||
| बोलमा | bolama | - |
| Bolama in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାଲାମା | ebalama | - |
| Bolama in the Marathi language | ||
| बोलमा | bolama | - |
| Bolama in the Arabic language | ||
| بوليما | bwlyma | - |
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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 Bolama
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