Botchway Surname

16,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Botchway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Botchway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana32,9041:821128
United States3061:1,184,50684,519
England2491:223,76718,807
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Botchway (509) may also be a first name.

Botchway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Botchway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Botchway occurs most in Ghana. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Botchway? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 16,498th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 216,736 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Botchway live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 375,029th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 509 people.

Botchway is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 32,904 people, or 1 in 821. Excluding Ghana this surname is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Botchway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Botchway last name are 19.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Botchway earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.96% less than the national average, earning 187,022 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 69.1% more than the national average, earning R 401,844 per year; in United States they earn 8.68% more than the national average, earning $46,894 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.11% less than the national average, earning $42,674 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bothchway941/
Bochway931/
Botchchway891/
Botchwey885,524/
Boichway884/
Bochwa8613/
Bocway8611/
Botshwayo8211/
Boutchuay821/
Botshwa802/
Bochuay801/
Bocwa7711/
Boochuay751/
Butchuay751/
Bachwayo751/
Boutchua751/
Botswa71277/
Bachwa71257/
Batshwayi7111/
Bochva713/
Bochua712/
Bochba711/
Buthchuay711/
Booychuay711/
Batshwa6729/
Botchue679/
Bacwayo674/
Bouchba672/
Bachwah672/
Bouchua672/
Batchwe671/
Botshua671/
Butchua671/
Botshwe671/
Bachwai671/
Bachwae671/
Boochby671/
Butchby670/

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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 Botchway
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