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
Bawasi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawasi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Bawasi occurs predominantly 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 commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 17 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Bawasi is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 25 percent are found, Kwara, where 25 percent are found and Oyo, where 25 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
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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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