Brima Surname
Approximately 26,626 people bear this surname
Brima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 21,018 | 1:337 | 59 |
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| Liberia | 1,356 | 1:3,251 | 421 |
| Algeria | 378 | 1:102,200 | 15,102 |
| Niger | 239 | 1:80,301 | 3,487 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Brima (46,807) may also be a first name.
Brima Demographics
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Brima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brima (Bengali: ব্রিমা, Hindi: बृमा) is held by more people in Sierra Leone than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,526th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 273,700 people. The last name Brima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Brima reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Brima is also the 19,552nd most widely held first name globally, borne by 46,807 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 21,018 people, or 1 in 337. Other than Sierra Leone it occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 12 percent are found and Liberia, where 5 percent are found.
Brima Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brima has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brima last name grew 8,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Brima Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Brima surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Brima earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.51% less than the national average, earning $37,321 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brima in the Bengali language | ||
| ব্রিমা | brima | - |
| Brima in the Hindi language | ||
| बृमा | brma | 65.88 |
| ब्रिमा | brima | 29.41 |
| ब्रीमा | brima | 3.53 |
| विरमा | virama | 1.18 |
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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 Brima
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