Bolwak Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bolwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Bolwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolwak is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolwak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bolwak is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Bolwak is predominantly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Bolwak live; 88 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Bolwak is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Madang, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 13 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
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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 Bolwak
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