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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Bokwai reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread forename at a global level. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 73 percent are found, Sokoto, where 23 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 44 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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