Bawasi Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bawasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Bawasi (17) may also be a first name.
Bawasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bawasi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bawasi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawasi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Bawasi is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Bawasi are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bawasi is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 17 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Bawasi is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 25 percent reside, Kwara, where 25 percent reside and Oyo, where 25 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Bawasi exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Bawasi
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