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 last name Bowah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺍﻩ) is found most in Liberia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bowah is the 500,196th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. Bowah occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bowah are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 51 people.
This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 9,840. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 44 percent live, Montserrado County, where 33 percent live and Nimba County, where 9 percent live. Beside Liberia this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 16 percent live and Mauritania, where 7 percent live.
Bowah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bowah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bowah surname increased 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
- 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 Bowah
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