Bawaye Surname
Approximately 691 people bear this surname
Bawaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 667 | 1:58,530 | 6,837 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bawaye (21) may also be a first name.
Bawaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bawaye is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 482,070th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. Bawaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bawaye reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Bawaye is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 667 people, or 1 in 58,530. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Mayuge District, where 26 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 17 percent are found and Luuka District, where 12 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Bawaye
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