Bulama Surname
Approximately 53,299 people bear this surname
Bulama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52,571 | 1:3,370 | 457 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Turkey | 273 | 1:285,060 | 18,958 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bulama (29,207) may also be a first name.
Bulama Demographics
Bulama Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bulama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bulama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bulama (Bengali: বুলামা, Oriya: ବୁଲାମା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bulama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,546th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 136,730 people. The surname Bulama is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bulama reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bulama is also the 28,477th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 29,207 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 52,571 people, or 1 in 3,370. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 37 percent reside, Borno, where 37 percent reside and Jigawa, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Turkey, where 1 percent reside.
Bulama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bulama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bulama in the Bengali language | ||
| বুলামা | bulama | - |
| Bulama in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଲାମା | bulama | 98.29 |
| ବୁଳମା | bulama | 0.85 |
| ବୁଲାମି | bulami | 0.85 |
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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 Bulama
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