Bandawa Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Bandawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 271 | 1:56,968 | 8,635 |
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Bandawa (66) may also be a first name.
Bandawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bandawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bandawa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 755,622nd most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bandawa are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 66 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 56,968. In Zimbabwe Bandawa is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 87 percent reside, Harare Province, where 5 percent reside and Masvingo Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, 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 Bandawa
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