Bakwu Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Bakwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Bakwu (15) may also be a first name.
Bakwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwu? popularity and diffusion
Bakwu is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Bakwu occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bakwu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
Bakwu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Bakwu is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 35 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Bakwu is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 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
- 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 Bakwu
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