Bakwari Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Bakwari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakwari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger181:1,066,22323,213
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Bakwari Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakwari Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bakwari is most common in Niger. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakwari? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bakwari is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bakwari live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,066,223. In Niger Bakwari is mostly concentrated in: Maradi Region, where 83 percent live and Zinder Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Niger this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Bakwari
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