Bewah Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Bewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 169 | 1:4,538,848 | 117,745 |
| Pakistan | 144 | 1:1,240,583 | 14,646 |
| Mauritania | 110 | 1:37,226 | 2,932 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Bewah (478) may also be a first name.
Bewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺍﻩ) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bewah? popularity and diffusion
Bewah is the 686,443rd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Bewah reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 389,041st most common given name worldwide It is held by 478 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 4,538,848. In India Bewah is most prevalent in: Assam, where 92 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 7 percent reside and Meghalaya, where 1 percent reside. Aside from India Bewah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 33 percent reside and Mauritania, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bewah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺍﻩ | bwah | 67.74 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻮﺍﻩ | albwah | 32.26 |
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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 Bewah
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