Bowala Surname
Approximately 1,356 people bear this surname
Bowala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 910 | 1:81,186 | 9,366 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Congo | 73 | 1:68,344 | 5,947 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bowala (42) may also be a first name.
Bowala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bowala (Tibetan: སྦོ་ཝ་ལ།) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowala? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 283,967th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. The last name Bowala is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Bowala are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bowala is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 42 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 910 people, or 1 in 81,186. Apart from The DR Congo Bowala is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 27 percent reside and The Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Bowala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bowala has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bowala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bowala in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦོ་ཝ་ལ། | bowala | - |
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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 Bowala
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