Bakwu Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bakwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bakwu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

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

Bakwu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bakwu.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakwu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bakwu reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakwu is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

Bakwu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Bakwu is most frequent in: Benue, where 35 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakweu911/
Bakwui911/
Bakwus911/
Bakweue831/
Bankwui831/
Bagwu8011/
Bokwu803/
Bacwu801/
Bagweu731/
Bonkwu731/
Bekwui731/
Beikwu731/
Buikwu731/
Bakwoo731/
Bagwou731/
Bahagwu675/
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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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