Babadawa Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Babadawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babadawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Babadawa (8) may also be a first name.

Babadawa Last Name Facts

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

Babadawa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Babadawa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babadawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Babadawa is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Babadawa live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly held given name globally It is held by 8 people.

Babadawa is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Babadawa is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent live and Yobe, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babadewa883/
Babadawood781/
Babodowa7541/
Babadavi753/
Babadabo751/
Babadewo751/
Babadeeva719/
Babhadavi714/
Babaedova712/
Babaidova712/
Bhabadeva711/
Bobadabhai676/
Bobadova636/
Bhavadabi591/
Babedova501/
Bebodowo501/

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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 Babadawa
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