Bawuli Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bawuli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bawuli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2651:668,46331,178
South Africa791:685,79449,549
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971

Bawuli Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bawuli is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bawuli? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bawuli is the 757,040th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bawuli are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 98 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 2 percent reside and Taraba, where 0 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.

Bawuli Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Bawuli last name is chiefly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.

Bawuli earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.81% less than the national average, earning R 109,776 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bawulie929/
Bhawuli929/
Bawuili921/
Bawili836,510/
Bawula83430/
Babuli83371/
Bawule8371/
Bowuli8321/
Bavuli8319/
Bewuli835/
Babouli7788/
Babuloi7734/
Baiwula7728/
Bawoula7710/
Baiwule774/
Babulli774/
Bewouli773/
Bavulli773/
Bawulya772/
Bawoule772/
Babhuli772/
Bhawule771/
Bhawula771/
Bawulle771/
Baawula771/
Baywoli771/
Babulai771/
Bawilai771/
Bauwula771/
Baabouli718/
Babaulli717/
Baboulli711/
Babulyai711/
Babuuliy711/
Bhawilai711/
Bhhawula711/
Bawole673,044/
Bavula67656/
Babule67361/
Bavule67354/
Bavili67178/
Vavuli67105/
Bawily67101/
Bawola6771/
Bowule6734/
Vabuli6719/
Bobuli678/
Bewili675/
Bawile674/
Bowili672/
Bewule671/

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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
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  • 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 Bawuli
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