Bomai Surname
Approximately 3,391 people bear this surname
Bomai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3,210 | 1:2,540 | 105 |
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Bomai (2,085) may also be a first name.
Bomai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bomai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bomai (Hindi: बोमई) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bomai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 133,007th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,149,085 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Bomai are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 164,909th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 2,085 people.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3,210 people, or 1 in 2,540. In Papua New Guinea Bomai is most common in: Chimbu, where 62 percent are found, National Capital District, where 13 percent are found and Madang, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bomai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bomai in the Hindi language | ||
| बोमई | boma'i | - |
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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 Bomai
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