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 occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bogwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 893,754th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bogwa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 297 people, or 1 in 178,255. In Tanzania Bogwa is primarily concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 75 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Bogwa
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