Bumah Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Bumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 151 | 1:137,543 | 15,369 |
| Liberia | 35 | 1:125,958 | 9,506 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Bumah (158) may also be a first name.
Bumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bumah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bumah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,159,732nd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,376,436 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bumah reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 730,165th most common given name internationally, borne by 158 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 137,543. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 46 percent live, Southwest Region, where 29 percent live and Centre Region, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Bumah
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