Bangawa Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bangawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bangawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon711:292,52227,501
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bangawa (69) may also be a first name.

Bangawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bangawa (Arabic: بانجاوا) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bangawa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bangawa is the 2,220,661st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bangawa reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 69 people.

This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 292,522. In Cameroon Bangawa is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 76 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 21 percent are found and Far North Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bangawa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bangawa in the Arabic language
بانجاواbanjawa-

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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 Bangawa
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