Bosawa Surname
Approximately 1,298 people bear this surname
Bosawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,293 | 1:57,138 | 6,837 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bosawa (47) may also be a first name.
Bosawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bosawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bosawa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bosawa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 294,108th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,614,442 people. The last name Bosawa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bosawa reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bosawa is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 47 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,293 people, or 1 in 57,138. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 0 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 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 Bosawa
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