Nabalama Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Nabalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nabalama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso441:417,0936,319
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Nabalama Last Name Facts

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

Nabalama occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nabalama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nabalama is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nabalama live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 417,093. In Burkina Faso Nabalama is mostly concentrated in: Est Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 36 percent are found and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 5 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gnabalama941/
Nabalyama941/
Ngabalama941/
Nabalema88533/
Nebalama884/
Nabaloma881/
Nabalami881/
Nabalame881/
Nabalouma824/
Navalamah821/
Gnabalamou781,285/
Navalamahe781/
Nabelema756/
Nabaloume714/
Ngabolamo713/
Nawalamey711/
Navalamou711/
Naballoume671/
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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 Nabalama
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