Bakwei Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Bakwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Bakwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakwei is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Bakwei occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Bakwei reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Bakwei is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea Bakwei is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Bakwei exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
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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
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- 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
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