Baqwa Surname

622,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 493 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Baqwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baqwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4861:111,47713,412
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Baqwa Last Name Facts

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

Baqwa occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Baqwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 622,538th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The surname Baqwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Baqwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 111,477. In South Africa Baqwa is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 19 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Baqwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Baqwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 63.51% more than the national average, earning 565,882 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning R 241,860 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhaqwa9115/
Banqwa914/
Bagqwa911/
Baqwai911/
Bhaqwat831/
Bakwa801,831/
Bacwa80389/
Bagwa80297/
Baqua80187/
Beqwa804/
Boqwa801/
Bakwai731,718/
Baikwa73141/
Bagway73140/
Bagwai73118/
Bacqua7369/
Baghwa7330/
Backwa7328/
Baekwa7328/
Bakway7325/
Bhagwa7310/
Basqua739/
Baigwa739/
Bacwad738/
Bagwah737/
Baquai736/
Baggwa733/
Bahcwa732/
Baccwa732/
Bhakwa732/
Bagwad732/
Bakwah731/
Baakwa731/
Bacwha731/
Bacwai731/
Baquau731/
Bakhwa731/
Beakwa731/
Bagwea731/
Bakwoa731/
Bakwea731/
Bakwaï731/
Bauqua730/
Backway67142/
Bhaikwa6729/
Baungwa6721/
Bahagwa678/
Bankwah676/
Bakkwai675/
Baghwai673/
Bazquaz673/
Bakhwai672/
Baqueaz671/
Bakhwaj671/
Basquat671/
Basquaz671/
Banquah671/
Baikwad671/
Bakkwad671/
Bhakwad671/
Bhangwa671/
Beaquah671/
Bayquea671/
Bahakwa671/
Baakwai671/
Baggwai671/
Bhaquat671/
Bhaghwa671/
Bhagwah671/
Bhagway671/

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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 Baqwa
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