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 last name Bawasa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bawasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 858,879th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 22,989,104 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bawasa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequent given name globally It is held by 93 people.
The last name Bawasa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Gombe, where 33 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 22 percent are found and Katsina, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Bawasa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Bawasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bawasa surname is chiefly 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis