Bouwai Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Bouwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 229 | 1:83,808 | 3,597 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Bouwaï (10) are calculated separately.
Bouwai (24) may also be a first name.
Bouwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouwai is most common in Niger. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bouwaï. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouwai? popularity and diffusion
Bouwai is the 1,017,412th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouwai reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name in the world, borne by 24 people.
It is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 83,808. In Niger it is most common in: Maradi Region, where 42 percent live, Dosso Region, where 31 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 24 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 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 Bouwai
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