Braima Surname
Approximately 8,668 people bear this surname
Braima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 4,671 | 1:1,518 | 276 |
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Ivory Coast | 219 | 1:105,348 | 5,399 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Liberia | 70 | 1:62,979 | 5,477 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
The alternate forms: Braïma (19) are calculated separately.
Braima (37,369) may also be a first name.
Braima Demographics
Average Braima Salary in
United States
$30,412 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Braima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Braima (Bengali: ব্রাইমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻤﻪ, Hindi: ब्रइमा) has its highest incidence in Sierra Leone. It can appear in the variant forms: Braïma. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Braima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,337th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 840,741 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Braima reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 23,495th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 37,369 people.
The last name Braima is most common in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 4,671 people, or 1 in 1,518. Beside Sierra Leone Braima is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 36 percent live and Ghana, where 5 percent live.
Braima Last Name Statistics demography
Braima earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.52% less than the national average, earning $30,412 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Braima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Braima in the Bengali language | ||
| ব্রাইমা | bra'ima | - |
| Braima in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रइमा | bra'ima | - |
| Braima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻤﻪ | abrymh | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﺮﻳﻤﺔ | abrymt | 25 |
| ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻤﺎ | abrahyma | 25 |
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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 Braima
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