Begwe Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Begwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Begwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Begwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Begwe is found in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Begwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,602,217th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Begwe reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Botswana, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Outside of Botswana it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Begweh9164/
Beugwe913/
Biegwe911/
Bhegwe911/
Begwea911/
Begwer911/
Biegweh832/
Begue8012,994/
Bagwe802,397/
Bogwe80336/
Begwa80191/
Bekwe8094/
Begbe8030/
Begwi802/
Bigwe802/
Baheigwe771/
Beigue73558/
Beague73394/
Beguey7379/
Begoue7375/
Biekwe7324/
Bigweh7322/
Begway7313/
Begbey7311/
Begueï739/
Biegwa737/
Bhagwe736/
Begueh735/
Baigwe734/
Beikwe733/
Baagwe732/
Bogweh732/
Beguej732/
Beggue731/
Bagweu731/
Bhegwa731/
Beeghw731/
Beckwe731/
Bagwee731/
Bagwea731/
Betkwe731/
Beguei731/
Beguee731/
Begbei731/
Beygue731/
Biggwe731/
Baghwe731/
Bekweh731/
Beagbe730/
Begbee730/
Beckwée6715/
Beghoue6713/
Beckwee6710/
Beckwer671/
Beangue671/
Bagweih671/
Bigwije671/
Beukgue671/
Beekwee671/
Becweth671/

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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 Begwe
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