Bisowa Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Bisowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Bisowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bisowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bisowa is found most frequently in Malawi. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bisowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bisowa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bisowa reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Barring Malawi Bisowa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Bisowa
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