Bakowa Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Bakowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bakowa (78) may also be a first name.
Bakowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakowa is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Bakowa live; 68 percent live in Oceania Islands and 68 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,091,646th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 78 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 80 percent live and Northern, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 13 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 Bakowa
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