Bokwala Surname
Approximately 4,089 people bear this surname
Bokwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,043 | 1:18,273 | 2,271 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bokwala (78) may also be a first name.
Bokwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bokwala occurs most in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokwala? popularity and diffusion
Bokwala is the 113,161st most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,782,232 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bokwala reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bokwala is also the 1,091,646th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 78 people.
The surname Bokwala is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4,043 people, or 1 in 18,273. Not including The DR Congo it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bookwala | 93 | 376 | / |
| Bokwaela | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bookkwala | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bokuala | 86 | 69 | / |
| Bokwale | 86 | 34 | / |
| Bakwala | 86 | 31 | / |
| Bekwala | 86 | 15 | / |
| Bukwala | 86 | 13 | / |
| Bokwela | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bokwali | 86 | 4 | / |
| Vokwala | 86 | 1 | / |
| Boqwala | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bogwala | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bankwala | 80 | 22 | / |
| Bakwaila | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bogwalia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boghwala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bankwalla | 75 | 25 | / |
| Bakhwahla | 75 | 6 | / |
| Baunkwala | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bakgwahla | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bakwela | 71 | 117 | / |
| Bagwala | 71 | 57 | / |
| Bakwali | 71 | 52 | / |
| Bakuala | 71 | 27 | / |
| Bakwale | 71 | 18 | / |
| Bukwali | 71 | 6 | / |
| Bokwelo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bukwale | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bakwalo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bugwala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bogwale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bangwala | 67 | 397 | / |
| Baugwala | 67 | 39 | / |
| Baghwala | 67 | 23 | / |
| Bongwalo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bagwalla | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bogvalla | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bakwalle | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baakwali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhagwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonguala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhakwali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakgwale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bougvala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouguala | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bokwala
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