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 commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bawou are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 48 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon Bawou is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 52 percent live, Centre Region, where 28 percent live and Far North Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Cameroon Bawou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
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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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