Bawasa Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Bawasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 285 | 1:621,554 | 29,491 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bawasa (93) may also be a first name.
Bawasa Demographics
Average Bawasa Salary in
South Africa
R 97,308
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bawasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bawasa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawasa? popularity and diffusion
Bawasa is the 858,879th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bawasa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bawasa is also the 986,211th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 93 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria Bawasa is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 33 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 22 percent reside and Katsina, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Bawasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bawasa surname is primarily Christian (92%) in Nigeria.
Bawasa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.05% less than the national average, earning R 97,308 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 Bawasa
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