Bahawa Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Bahawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bahawa (316) may also be a first name.
Bahawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahawa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺣﻮﺍﺀ) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bahawa.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,075,631st most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Bahawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bahawa are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 494,051st most frequently occurring forename in the world It is held by 316 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 461,535. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Bahawa is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahawa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺣﻮﺍﺀ | bahwa | 50 |
| ﺑﺎﻫﺎﻭ | bahaw | 50 |
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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 Bahawa
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