Bouwma Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bouwma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouwma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3101:54,4759,365
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Bouwma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouwma is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouwma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 645,988th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Bouwma are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 54,475. In The Netherlands Bouwma is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 27 percent are found, Overijssel, where 25 percent are found and Drenthe, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Bouwma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bouwma last name are 45.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 92.5% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bouwma earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.09% less than the national average, earning $39,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.6% more than the national average, earning $49,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowma9116/
Buwma911/
Bowmma83629/
Bowmah8317/
Bowmay832/
Buwmas831/
Boubma831/
Bowmas830/
Bowmast7717/
Bovma7333/
Bawma7311/
Bowmi734/
Bowme733/
Bobma731/
Bowmij6715/
Bowmiz6710/
Bhowmi676/
Boobma672/
Bhubma671/
Bobmai671/
Bowmmi671/
Bowmes671/
Bowmie670/

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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 Bouwma
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