Bowazi Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Bowazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zambia | 17 | 1:932,348 | 29,315 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Bowazi (959) may also be a first name.
Bowazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bowazi is found most in Malawi. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowazi? popularity and diffusion
Bowazi is the 657,184th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. The last name Bowazi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowazi are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bowazi is also the 260,558th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 959 people.
Bowazi is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 50,350. Other than Malawi this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowasi | 83 | 208 | / |
| Bowaze | 83 | 41 | / |
| Buwazi | 83 | 16 | / |
| Bawazi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bowaji | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bowaza | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bowagi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bobazi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bovazzi | 77 | 33 | / |
| Bhowasi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bowasai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bawarzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bewazzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawazit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawgazi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawazie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawazid | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouwaji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bovaziz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bobadzi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bohwasi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouwaza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bowaaji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bawaji | 67 | 194 | / |
| Bowaje | 67 | 76 | / |
| Babazi | 67 | 51 | / |
| Bawaza | 67 | 38 | / |
| Buwasi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bovaji | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bobozi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Buwaji | 67 | 12 | / |
| Buwagi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bawagi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bovasi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bovaza | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bawasi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bubozi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bavozi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bavezi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bobaze | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bowoza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bobagi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bawaze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bawezi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bowase | 67 | 2 | / |
| Babozi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bowodziej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawaci | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawozi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowoji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bavazi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bowazi
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