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
Bawaye is most common in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawaye? popularity and diffusion
Bawaye is the 482,070th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. The surname Bawaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bawaye live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name Bawaye is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 667 people, or 1 in 58,530. In Uganda Bawaye is primarily found in: Mayuge District, where 26 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 17 percent reside and Luuka District, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Bawaye is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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 Bawaye
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