Bawah Surname
Approximately 6,380 people bear this surname
Bawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 6,027 | 1:4,483 | 640 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Philippines | 89 | 1:1,137,508 | 91,778 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Bawah (1,561) may also be a first name.
Bawah Demographics
Average Bawah Salary in
United States
$57,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bawah occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bawah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 76,775th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,142,249 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bawah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bawah is also the 196,069th most frequently occurring given name in the world, borne by 1,561 people.
The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 6,027 people, or 1 in 4,483. Besides Ghana this surname is found in 28 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.
Bawah Last Name Statistics demography
Bawah earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year.
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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 Bawah
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