Bovala Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Bovala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bovala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bovala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bovala (Marathi: बोवला) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bovala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Bovala are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bovala is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent are found, South Region, where 6 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent are found and The Congo, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bovala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bovala in the Marathi language | ||
| बोवला | bovala | - |
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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 Bovala
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