Bámaca Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Bámaca Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bámaca Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala231:699,2465,163
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Bamaca (11,627) & Bàmaca (1) are calculated separately.

Bámaca Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bámaca Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bámaca is more commonly found in Guatemala than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Bamaca or Bàmaca. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bámaca? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bámaca is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bámaca reside; 92 percent reside in Central America and 92 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name is most numerous in Guatemala, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 699,246. In Guatemala it is mostly concentrated in: Guatemala Department, where 17 percent live and Suchitepéquez Department, where 4 percent live. Besides Guatemala it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bamaca9411,627/
Bàmaca941/
Batmaca77520/
Bomacha7712/
Bomacas773/
Bamacas771/
Bamacap771/
Bamacay771/
Bahamaca7130/
Boimacha711/
Baimacha711/
Bamachea711/
Bamacaid711/
Bahmacka711/
Boumacha711/
Bomaka6783/
Bomasa6775/
Bamasa6762/
Bamaka6732/
Bamaza6720/
Bomacy6712/
Vamaca679/
Bomaza676/
Bamacy676/
Bamaco671/
Bamaqa671/
Boumaacha671/
Womaca671/
Wamaca670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Bámaca
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis