Bakwowi Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bakwowi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakwowi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon331:629,36647,277
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Bakwowi Last Name Facts

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

Bakwowi is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakwowi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bakwowi is the 3,323,005th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bakwowi are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Bakwowi is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Bakwowi is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakwawa711/
Bakwahwa671/
Wakwabi5755/
Bagwabi5749/
Bakuova5717/
Bakwava5712/
Wakwawa571/
Bokwawa571/
Bakuabi571/
Baqwawa571/
Wakwaabi5337/
Wakwauvi531/

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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 Bakwowi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis