Bawm Surname

98,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Bawm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bawm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh4,7761:33,3662,090
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Bawm (15) may also be a first name.

Bawm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bawm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bawm is borne by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bawm? popularity and diffusion

Bawm is the 98,780th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,518,872 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bawm reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 15 people.

This last name is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 4,776 people, or 1 in 33,366. Outside of Bangladesh it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 0 percent are found and Thailand, where 0 percent are found.

Bawm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bawm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bawm surname decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhawm891/
Bajwm891/
Bowm759/
Babm758/
Bavm751/
Bewm751/
Bhowm6739/
Bowme673/
Beavm671/
Babhm671/
Vawmm671/
Bowmm670/
Baivem601/
Bahbhm601/
Vavm501/
Bovm500/

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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 Bawm
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