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
The last name Bewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺍﻩ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bewah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 686,443rd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name Bewah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Bewah are found; 72 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 389,041st most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 478 people.
The last name Bewah is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 4,538,848. In India it is most frequent in: Assam, where 92 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 7 percent live and Meghalaya, where 1 percent live. Outside of India Bewah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 25 percent live.
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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