Bachwa Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Bachwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
| Tanzania | 60 | 1:882,360 | 43,917 |
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Mauritius | 36 | 1:35,928 | 6,940 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bachwa (93) may also be a first name.
Bachwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bachwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bachwa is found most in Uganda. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bachwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bachwa is the 996,001st most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. Bachwa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bachwa are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 93 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 390,393. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Mubende District, where 28 percent are found, Kibaale District, where 20 percent are found and Wakiso District, where 12 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent are found and Kenya, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Bachwa
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