Bokowa Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Bokowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Poland | 14 | 1:2,714,911 | 112,031 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bokowa (16) may also be a first name.
Bokowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bokowa occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokowa? popularity and diffusion
Bokowa is the 1,860,621st most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Bokowa are found; 29 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 29 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name worldwide, held by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: New Ireland, where 69 percent live, Western, where 17 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 14 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 21 percent live and The DR Congo, where 21 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 Bokowa
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