Baponwa Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Baponwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baponwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Baponwa (2,658) may also be a first name.

Baponwa Last Name Facts

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

Baponwa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baponwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Baponwa reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Baponwa is also the 142,320th most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 2,658 people.

The surname Baponwa is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Baponwa is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 53 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 32 percent are found and Centre Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Baponwa exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 16 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bapounwa933/
Bapoinwa931/
Baponwe861/
Bapanwa861/
Bapomba711/
Boponua711/
Bapambe57198/
Bapombo5756/
Bapambi5741/
Bapumba5721/
Voponwo571/
Bapamba571/
Bapambo571/
Bapanbe571/
Bapombe571/
Bapumboi5362/
Bapumboy5327/
Bapoumbo531/
Bapambay531/
Bapambai531/
Baipambi531/
Baipambay501/
Baypambay501/

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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 Baponwa
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