Bawak Surname
Approximately 671 people bear this surname
Bawak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 391 | 1:53,118 | 6,922 |
| Indonesia | 250 | 1:528,997 | 42,886 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bawak (44) may also be a first name.
Bawak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bawak is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawak? popularity and diffusion
Bawak is the 492,802nd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 10,860,724 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Bawak live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bawak is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 44 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 391 people, or 1 in 53,118. In Cameroon Bawak is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 85 percent are found, Centre Region, where 4 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Bawak exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Bawak Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bawak has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bawak last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bawake | 91 | 303 | / |
| Bahwak | 91 | 214 | / |
| Bawack | 91 | 11 | / |
| Bhawak | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bawaik | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bachwak | 83 | 28 | / |
| Bhawake | 83 | 12 | / |
| Baswake | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bahawak | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bauwaik | 83 | 2 | / |
| Baiwaik | 83 | 1 | / |
| Baiwake | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bawag | 80 | 658 | / |
| Bavak | 80 | 120 | / |
| Bawok | 80 | 78 | / |
| Bowak | 80 | 74 | / |
| Bewak | 80 | 39 | / |
| Vawak | 80 | 7 | / |
| Bawaq | 80 | 2 | / |
| Beaweaks | 77 | 0 | / |
| Baibak | 73 | 760 | / |
| Bavake | 73 | 681 | / |
| Bajbak | 73 | 114 | / |
| Bawoke | 73 | 39 | / |
| Bhavak | 73 | 33 | / |
| Bowakh | 73 | 30 | / |
| Boswak | 73 | 17 | / |
| Bowake | 73 | 13 | / |
| Bowack | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bağbak | 73 | 10 | / |
| Babhak | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bavaik | 73 | 4 | / |
| Baivak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Behwak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bojwak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bavask | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bowaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vawakk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bavakg | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawoks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baswaq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhaivak | 67 | 2,802 | / |
| Bhavake | 67 | 94 | / |
| Basuake | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bouswak | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baivaik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bahabak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahavak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauvaik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayback | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawooke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baubeak | 67 | 0 | / |
| Babeack | 67 | 0 | / |
| Boswack | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bawak
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