Boiwa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Boiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boiwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮﻩ) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boiwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Boiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Boiwa reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Boiwa is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 441,093. In Zimbabwe Boiwa is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 94 percent live, Harare Province, where 3 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe Boiwa occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boiwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻮﻩ | abwh | 50 |
| ﺃﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | 50 |
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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 Boiwa
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