Bauwa Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Bauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 149 | 1:54,723 | 6,930 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bauwa (612) may also be a first name.
Bauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bauwa (Hindi: बउवा, Marathi: बौवा, Oriya: େବୗୱା, Tibetan: བའུ་ཝ་) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Bauwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bauwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 921,780th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The surname Bauwa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Bauwa live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Bauwa is also the 337,693rd most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 612 people.
It is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 54,723. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Northern, where 62 percent live, Western, where 11 percent live and Madang, where 9 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bauwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བའུ་ཝ་ | ba'uwa | - |
| Bauwa in the Oriya language | ||
| େବୗୱା | ebawa | - |
| Bauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| बउवा | ba'uva | 70.59 |
| बऊवा | ba'uva | 29.41 |
| Bauwa in the Marathi language | ||
| बौवा | bauva | 60 |
| बौआ | bau'a | 40 |
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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
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- 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 Bauwa
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