Bakway Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Bakway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bakway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakway is found most frequently in Niger. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakway live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 799,667. In Niger Bakway is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 75 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 21 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Niger it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 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 Bakway
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