Bokowe Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Bokowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bokowe (55) may also be a first name.
Bokowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bokowe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokowe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bokowe is the 1,691,963rd most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bokowe are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 55 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 38 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 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 Bokowe
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