Bawou Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Bawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Bawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bawou is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bawou is the 2,808,717th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name Bawou is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bawou reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 48 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bawou is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon Bawou is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent reside, Centre Region, where 28 percent reside and Far North Region, where 10 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Bawou exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 15 percent reside and Niger, where 13 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 Bawou
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