Bawala Surname
Approximately 2,345 people bear this surname
Bawala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,820 | 1:40,593 | 4,995 |
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Indonesia | 118 | 1:1,120,756 | 80,521 |
| Burkina Faso | 107 | 1:171,515 | 4,070 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bawala (223) may also be a first name.
Bawala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bawala (Marathi: बावला, Oriya: ବାୱାଲା, Tibetan: བ་ཝ་ལ།) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawala? popularity and diffusion
Bawala is the 181,503rd most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,107,695 people. The last name Bawala occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bawala live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 603,623rd most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 223 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,820 people, or 1 in 40,593. Besides The DR Congo Bawala exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bawala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bawala in the Tibetan language | ||
| བ་ཝ་ལ། | bawala | - |
| Bawala in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାୱାଲା | bawala | - |
| Bawala in the Marathi language | ||
| बावला | bavala | 96 |
| बवला | bavala | 4 |
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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 Bawala
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