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 frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokwai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Bokwai occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Bokwai reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bokwai is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 27 people.
The last name Bokwai is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 73 percent live, Sokoto, where 23 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 44 percent live and Liberia, where 2 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
- 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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