Buame Surname
Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname
Buame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Thailand | 127 | 1:556,207 | 95,235 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Buamé (1) are calculated separately.
Buame (15) may also be a first name.
Buame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buame is most common in Ghana. It can occur in the variant forms: Buamé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buame? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 348,561st most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 6,953,765 people. The last name Buame is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Buame are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buame is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
Buame is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Not including Ghana it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buamé | 93 | 1 | / |
| Buameh | 91 | 506 | / |
| Buamee | 91 | 146 | / |
| Buamea | 91 | 10 | / |
| Buamer | 91 | 6 | / |
| Buamme | 91 | 1 | / |
| Buam | 89 | 1,217 | / |
| Bouhame | 83 | 17 | / |
| Buhamed | 83 | 11 | / |
| Buaaime | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buhamer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buahame | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buama | 80 | 2,148 | / |
| Buami | 80 | 974 | / |
| Bwame | 80 | 461 | / |
| Fuame | 80 | 53 | / |
| Puame | 80 | 34 | / |
| Buaam | 80 | 19 | / |
| Buome | 80 | 6 | / |
| Buamy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bbame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouhamed | 77 | 3,495 | / |
| Buhaimed | 77 | 99 | / |
| Buhammed | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bouhamer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bouham | 73 | 225 | / |
| Buamai | 73 | 124 | / |
| Buhome | 73 | 55 | / |
| Buomie | 73 | 18 | / |
| Wbamea | 73 | 7 | / |
| Buaiem | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buaaim | 73 | 5 | / |
| Buamid | 73 | 4 | / |
| Buomey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Buhaim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Buamis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buamuy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buamui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buamoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buammi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buhamd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buaham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Puameh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhuham | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buamgi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Npuame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouhammed | 71 | 45 | / |
| Bouhaimed | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buom | 67 | 14,790 | / |
| Bouhami | 67 | 866 | / |
| Bwam | 67 | 48 | / |
| Puam | 67 | 24 | / |
| Bouhome | 67 | 19 | / |
| Vuam | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bouhamd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bouhamy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Puaymee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuamij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhammh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhaim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buomedh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbam | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Buame
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