Bawaya Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Bawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 488 | 1:79,999 | 8,577 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Bawaya (124) may also be a first name.
Bawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bawaya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawaya? popularity and diffusion
Bawaya is the 575,362nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,322,753 people. The last name Bawaya is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bawaya live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bawaya is also the 836,439th most frequent forename globally. It is borne by 124 people.
The surname Bawaya is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 488 people, or 1 in 79,999. In Uganda Bawaya is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 28 percent are found, Buyende District, where 18 percent are found and Luuka District, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Uganda it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Israel, where 2 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 Bawaya
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