Bagwu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Hungary

Bagwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bagwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bagwu Last Name Facts

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

Bagwu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bagwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Bagwu are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 78 percent are found, Benue, where 11 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bagwou911/
Bagweu911/
Bahagwu835/
Bogwu80107/
Bakwu8018/
Bagbu802/
Bacwu801/
Bagbou732/
Bagwoo731/
Bakwus731/
Bagvau731/
Baguou731/
Bakwui731/
Bakweu731/
Bongwui671/
Bankwui671/
Bangvau671/
Bakweue671/

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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 Bagwu
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