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 occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 222,575th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,980,091 people. The surname Bakwa occurs mostly 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 numerous forename globally, borne by 367 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,382 people, or 1 in 53,458. Apart from The DR Congo Bakwa exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
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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