Bonwa Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Bonwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bonwa (39) may also be a first name.
Bonwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonwa is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bonwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bonwa reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widespread forename in the world, held by 39 people.
Bonwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 98 percent live and Bayelsa, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Bonwa
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