Bakau Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Bakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| Papua New Guinea | 131 | 1:62,242 | 8,061 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Malaysia | 36 | 1:819,284 | 37,745 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Bakau (296) may also be a first name.
Bakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakau (Hindi: बकऊ, Marathi: बकाऊ, Oriya: ବକାଉ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 643,972nd most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Bakau are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 296 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 805,194. In Nigeria Bakau is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 48 percent reside, Osun, where 8 percent reside and Borno, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakau in the Oriya language | ||
| ବକାଉ | baka'u | - |
| Bakau in the Marathi language | ||
| बकाऊ | baka'u | - |
| Bakau in the Hindi language | ||
| बकऊ | baka'u | 66.67 |
| बकाऊ | baka'u | 13.33 |
| बकाउ | baka'u | 13.33 |
| बाकौ | bakau | 6.67 |
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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 Bakau
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