Badawa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Badawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Badawa (295) may also be a first name.
Badawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Badawa (Arabic: باداوي, Hindi: बदावा, Oriya: ବାଡୱା) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Badawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Badawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,276,805th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Badawa live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 513,559th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 295 people.
The surname Badawa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Yobe, where 65 percent are found, Kaduna, where 14 percent are found and Sokoto, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Niger, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Badawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Badawa in the Hindi language | ||
| बदावा | badava | - |
| Badawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଡୱା | badawa | - |
| Badawa in the Arabic language | ||
| باداوي | badawy | - |
| بداوا | bdawa | - |
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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 Badawa
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