Bikawel Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Bikawel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 162 | 1:118,469 | 4,647 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bikawel (27) may also be a first name.
Bikawel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bikawel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bikawel is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bikawel? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,353,468th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bikawel are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Bikawel is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.
It is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 118,469. In Niger it is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 81 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 18 percent live and Maradi Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bikawel
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