Bhawa Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Bhawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 86 | 1:179,514 | 21,615 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bhawa (754) may also be a first name.
Bhawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bhawa (Hindi: भवा, Oriya: ଭାୱା) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,300,225th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Bhawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Bhawa live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 51 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 299,270th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 754 people.
This surname is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 179,514. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 58 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 17 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 15 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Bhawa occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhawa in the Hindi language | ||
| भवा | bhava | 75 |
| भावना | bhavana | 25 |
| Bhawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭାୱା | bhawa | 55 |
| ଭୱା | bhawa | 42.5 |
| ଭଉଆ | bha'u'a | 2.5 |
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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 Bhawa
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