Bogwa Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Bogwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 297 | 1:178,255 | 15,552 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bogwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bogwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bogwa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bogwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 893,754th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bogwa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Bogwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 297 people, or 1 in 178,255. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 75 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania Bogwa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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
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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 Bogwa
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