Bakwa Surname
Approximately 1,831 people bear this surname
Bakwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,382 | 1:53,458 | 6,444 |
| Nigeria | 161 | 1:1,100,266 | 45,533 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Bakwa (367) may also be a first name.
Bakwa Demographics
Average Bakwa Salary in
South Africa
R 323,232
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bakwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakwa has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakwa is the 222,575th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,980,091 people. The last name Bakwa is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bakwa are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bakwa is also the 453,982nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 367 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,382 people, or 1 in 53,458. Not including The DR Congo Bakwa is found in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Bakwa Last Name Statistics demography
Bakwa earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.02% more than the national average, earning R 323,232 per year.
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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 Bakwa
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