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 carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bowah is the 500,196th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name Bowah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bowah reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread forename in the world It is held by 51 people.
The last name Bowah is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 448 people, or 1 in 9,840. In Liberia Bowah is most common in: Grand Gedeh County, where 44 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 33 percent are found and Nimba County, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Liberia it exists 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 incidence of Bowah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bowah last name grew 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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