Bowas Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bowas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
Zambia391:406,40820,045
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Bowas (2,653) may also be a first name.

Bowas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bowas (Marathi: बोवास, Oriya: େବାୱାସ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowas? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,882,912th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Bowas reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 142,500th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 2,653 people.

The surname Bowas is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 185,312. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Morobe, where 30 percent reside, East Sepik, where 27 percent reside and Hela, where 23 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 40 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boswas9143/
Bowase912/
Boewas911/
Bouwas911/
Boiwas911/
Bowaus910/
Boiswas834/
Buowais834/
Bouhwas834/
Boswash831/
Bowasse831/
Bouwais831/
Bouwass831/
Bowashe831/
Bawas80523/
Bobas80497/
Bovas80285/
Bowaz8027/
Buwas8025/
Bewas8023/
Bowos801/
Vowas800/
Bouwhais771/
Boishwas771/
Bouswais771/
Bobash73324/
Boubas7357/
Buswas7345/
Bawase7340/
Bovais7333/
Boobas7318/
Bowatz7316/
Bouvas7314/
Bovase7312/
Bhawas736/
Bawuas734/
Bobass733/
Bowgos732/
Bhovas732/
Boweis732/
Bawais732/
Bawash732/
Bovass731/
Bauwas731/
Buwais731/
Bobasz731/
Beuwas731/
Bobais731/
Boweys731/
Bovaas731/
Buwash731/
Buiwas731/
Bobeas731/
Bouvais67282/
Bahwash67200/
Bawuhas6711/
Baawash678/
Bobasch676/
Bhovase675/
Bashwas675/
Bouhbas674/
Boubash673/
Bawashe673/
Boutvas672/
Bawasse671/
Bahawas671/
Buwashe671/
Bahwais671/
Bhawase671/
Boubass671/
Boweise670/
Buouash670/
Boubais670/

Bowas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowas in the Oriya language
େବାୱାସebawasa-
Bowas in the Marathi language
बोवासbovasa-

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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 Bowas
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