Bakwai Surname
Approximately 1,718 people bear this surname
Bakwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,310 | 1:135,223 | 8,739 |
| Niger | 408 | 1:47,039 | 2,401 |
The alternate forms: Bakwaï (1) are calculated separately.
Bakwai (1,094) may also be a first name.
Bakwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakwai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Bakwaï. For other possible spellings of Bakwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakwai is the 234,472nd most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,241,878 people. The last name Bakwai is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakwai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 241,283rd most common first name at a global level It is held by 1,094 people.
The surname Bakwai is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,310 people, or 1 in 135,223. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 59 percent are found, Sokoto, where 28 percent are found and Bauchi, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Bakwai is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 24 percent are found.
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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 Bakwai
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