Bowah Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Bowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 448 | 1:9,840 | 1,093 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Mauritania | 45 | 1:90,997 | 5,761 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Bowah (51) may also be a first name.
Bowah Demographics
Average Bowah Salary in
United States
$14,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bowah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺍﻩ) is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 500,196th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Bowah live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Bowah is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name globally, held by 51 people.
The surname Bowah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 9,840. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 44 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 33 percent are found and Nimba County, where 9 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 16 percent are found and Mauritania, where 7 percent are found.
Bowah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bowah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bowah last name rose 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bowah Last Name Statistics demography
Bowah earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 65.58% less than the national average, earning $14,850 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bowah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bowah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺍﻩ | bwah | 63.64 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻮﺍﻩ | albwah | 36.36 |
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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 Bowah
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