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Where Does The Last Name Bowas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Bowas (Marathi: बोवास, Oriya: େବାୱାସ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 1,882,912^th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Bowas is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Bowas are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bowas is also the 142,500^th most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 2,653 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 185,312. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 30 percent live, East Sepik, where 27 percent live and Hela, where 23 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 40 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Bowas Last Name Statistics ^demography

Bowas earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 252.77% more than the national average, earning R 838,308 per year.