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
The surname Bakowa is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Bakowa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Bakowa are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bakowa is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 78 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea Bakowa is most numerous in: Western, where 80 percent reside and Northern, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Bakowa occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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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