Bonsam Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Bonsam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bonsam (16) may also be a first name.
Bonsam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonsam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonsam occurs most in Ghana. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonsam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bonsam is the 933,049th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. Bonsam occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bonsam live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bonsam is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
Bonsam is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bonsam
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