Bindowo Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bindowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bindowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4201:49,4506,468
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
Chad91:1,510,2445,402

Bindowo (1,152) may also be a first name.

Bindowo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bindowo is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bindowo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 616,129th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bindowo are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 234,402nd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 1,152 people.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 420 people, or 1 in 49,450. In Cameroon Bindowo is most prevalent in: North Region, where 82 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 5 percent live and East Region, where 5 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Bindowo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Chad, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bindouwo932/
Bindowou931/
Bndowo921/
Bindawo861/
Bindowa861/
Bendowo861/
Bindawood75399/
Bindawa7185/
Binduwa7155/
Bindová7154/
Bndawod714/
Bendobo712/
Bindova712/
Bindubo711/
Bendawo711/
Bindovad675/
Bindawas675/
Bndawood671/

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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 Bindowo
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