Bokwai Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Bokwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bokwai (27) may also be a first name.
Bokwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bokwai is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Bokwai is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Bokwai live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used given name globally It is held by 27 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 73 percent reside, Sokoto, where 23 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Bokwai occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 44 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 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 Bokwai
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