Bowayi Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Bowayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 99 | 1:775,581 | 39,259 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
Bowayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bowayi is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bowayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bowayi is the 1,604,449th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Bowayi are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 775,581. In Iran Bowayi is mostly found in: South Khorasan Province, where 99 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live.
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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 Bowayi
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