Bouwa Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Bouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 132 | 1:145,394 | 5,367 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Mauritania | 55 | 1:74,452 | 5,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bouwa (111) may also be a first name.
Bouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bouwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouwa? popularity and diffusion
Bouwa is the 820,032nd most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bouwa are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 111 people.
This last name is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 145,394. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 61 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 19 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found and Mauritania, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻮ | abw | 25.81 |
| ﺑﻮﺍ | bwa | 16.13 |
| ﺑﻮ | bw | 16.13 |
| ﺃﺑﻮ | abw | 9.68 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﻩ | abwh | 9.68 |
| ﺑﻮﻩ | bwh | 6.45 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | 6.45 |
| ﺑﻮﻱ | bwy | 3.23 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻮ | albw | 3.23 |
| ﺑﻮﻯ | bwy | 3.23 |
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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 Bouwa
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