Badawaya Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Badawaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Badawaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon921:225,75122,624
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Badawaya (101) may also be a first name.

Badawaya Last Name Facts

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

Badawaya occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Badawaya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Badawaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Badawaya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Badawaya is also the 940,641st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 101 people.

The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 225,751. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 84 percent reside and North Region, where 16 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Badawaya
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