Bakouwa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bakouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Bakouwa (168) may also be a first name.
Bakouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakouwa is found most frequently in Benin. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bakouwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakouwa? popularity and diffusion
Bakouwa is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Bakouwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakouwa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 168 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 1,722,600. In Benin Bakouwa is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent live. Excluding Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
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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 Bakouwa
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