Boweye Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Boweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Boweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boweye occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boweye? popularity and diffusion
Boweye is the 3,185,033rd most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Boweye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boweye reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Boweye is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,093,109. In Cameroon Boweye is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 89 percent reside, Centre Region, where 5 percent reside and East Region, where 5 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 47 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Boweye
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