Batwala Surname

401,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 875 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Batwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Batwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda8471:46,0915,693
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
India51:153,413,076951,030
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Batwala (11) may also be a first name.

Batwala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Batwala (Arabic: بتولا) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Batwala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Batwala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Batwala is the 401,442nd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,328,624 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Batwala are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name globally, borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 847 people, or 1 in 46,091. In Uganda Batwala is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 18 percent live, Namutumba District, where 17 percent live and Luuka District, where 16 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Batwala Last Name Statistics demography

Batwala earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.19% less than the national average, earning R 70,836 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Batwala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Batwala in the Arabic language
بتولاbtwla-

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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 Batwala
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