Bokwala Surname

113,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,089 people bear this surname

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

Bokwala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bokwala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4,0431:18,2732,271
Belgium291:396,43641,978
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bookwala93376/
Bokwaela931/
Bookkwala881/
Bokuala8669/
Bokwale8634/
Bakwala8631/
Bekwala8615/
Bukwala8613/
Bokwela864/
Bokwali864/
Vokwala861/
Boqwala861/
Bogwala861/
Bankwala8022/
Bakwaila801/
Bogwalia801/
Boghwala801/
Bankwalla7525/
Bakhwahla756/
Baunkwala753/
Bakgwahla751/
Bakwela71117/
Bagwala7157/
Bakwali7152/
Bakuala7127/
Bakwale7118/
Bukwali716/
Bokwelo715/
Bukwale713/
Bakwalo712/
Bugwala711/
Bogwale711/
Bangwala67397/
Baugwala6739/
Baghwala6723/
Bongwalo6714/
Bagwalla6712/
Bogvalla6710/
Bakwalle672/
Baakwali671/
Bhagwala671/
Bonguala671/
Bhakwali671/
Bakgwale671/
Bougvala671/
Bouguala671/

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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 Bokwala
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