Bawey Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Bawey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Germany | 83 | 1:969,945 | 67,438 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bawey (19) may also be a first name.
Bawey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bawey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻭﻱ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bawey.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 961,438th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 35 percent of Bawey live; 31 percent live in Western Europe and 31 percent live in Germanic Europe. Bawey is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 19 people.
The last name Bawey is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Papua, where 85 percent live, Maluku, where 14 percent live and Papua, where 1 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 28 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bawey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bawey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻭﻱ | bawy | - |
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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 Bawey
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