Bavua Surname

802,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bavua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bavua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3421:216,02221,248
India61:127,844,230863,365
France11:66,422,722504,397

Bavua (133) may also be a first name.

Bavua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bavua (Hindi: बवुआ, Marathi: बवुआ) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bavua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 802,733rd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bavua reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bavua is also the 804,402nd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 133 people.

The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 216,022. Excluding The DR Congo Bavua is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bafua80817/
Babua80490/
Wavua80338/
Bapua80211/
Vavua8028/
Bavva8021/
Bavwa8010/
Babva804/
Bawva801/
Baibua731,971/
Baabua73348/
Baupua7364/
Vuavua7327/
Basbua7316/
Bavvat733/
Bhabua732/
Banpua732/
Baubwa732/
Basvva732/
Baspua731/
Vaivua731/
Baabva731/
Bapuah731/
Babuay731/
Bampua731/
Bafuha731/
Waivua731/
Wayvua731/
Babuaa731/
Baavva731/
Bhavva731/
Bauvva731/
Bhabvat672/
Babueha671/
Babuayi671/
Baiphua671/
Baffuah671/
Bhawvat671/
Beaubua670/

Bavua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bavua in the Marathi language
बवुआbavu'a-
Bavua in the Hindi language
बवुआbavu'a95
बावुआbavu'a2.5
बवूआbavu'a2.5

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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 Bavua
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