Bokuwa Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bokuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bokuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2261:326,90129,253
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bokuwa (90) may also be a first name.

Bokuwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bokuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bokuwa is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bokuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,064,392nd most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name Bokuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bokuwa are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bokuwa is also the 1,005,046th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 90 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bokuway924/
Bokouwa922/
Boukouwa861/
Bakuwa831,413/
Bukuwa83784/
Bokuva83604/
Bekuwa8387/
Bokuwo8341/
Bokiwa8315/
Bocuwa835/
Bokueva77142/
Bhakuwa7734/
Bokouba7721/
Bhokuva7718/
Bakouwa778/
Bakuwad776/
Bukuuwa775/
Bakuwai774/
Bakauwa772/
Boukiwa771/
Bakuwat771/
Bakuuwa771/
Bukuwah771/
Bokoowa771/
Bakouwai712/
Bagkuwas711/
Boukouwe711/
Bokuchva711/
Bokowi67370/
Bakuwo67336/
Boukoubaa67271/
Bokowy67186/
Bukuva67181/
Boukhouba67117/
Bokowe67116/
Bakiwa6761/
Bekiwa6727/
Bokube6721/
Bokowo6712/
Bakuwe674/
Bakuva673/
Bukuwe673/
Bokubi671/
Bekuwo671/
Bacuwa671/
Bokubó671/
Bouhkouba671/
Bukuwo671/
Bucuwa671/

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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 Bokuwa
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