Bowla Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Bowla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica851:33,7642,376
South Africa781:694,58649,962
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bowla (12) may also be a first name.

Bowla Last Name Facts

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

Bowla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻟﻪ) occurs most in Jamaica. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bowla.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowla? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bowla is the 1,281,391st most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Bowla live; 48 percent live in Caribbean and 48 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring given name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Jamaica, where it is borne by 85 people, or 1 in 33,764. In Jamaica Bowla is most frequent in: Surrey County, where 89 percent are found, Middlesex County, where 9 percent are found and Cornwall County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Jamaica Bowla occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 44 percent are found and Pakistan, where 3 percent are found.

Bowla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bowla has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bowla Last Name Statistics demography

Bowla earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.28% less than the national average, earning R 194,208 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowlia91191/
Bowlah91118/
Bowlas9145/
Bowlay9143/
Bowlya916/
Bowlat911/
Bowlai911/
Bowlla911/
Bowlea910/
Bowilla833/
Bowllah831/
Bowleah831/
Bowlais830/
Bowli80337/
Bowly80198/
Bobla80168/
Bawla80114/
Bowle8073/
Bowlo805/
Bewla805/
Buwla801/
Boswella772/
Bowley737,538/
Bhawla73672/
Boblai73321/
Boblea73287/
Bawlia7385/
Bewlay7381/
Boblah7314/
Boubla7310/
Bowlet739/
Bowlos734/
Bowlis733/
Bowlie733/
Bawlai733/
Bawlya732/
Bowlui732/
Bhowle732/
Boblaï731/
Bowlip731/
Bawlap731/
Bowlés731/
Boiwlo731/
Bauwla731/
Bowleh731/
Bowloi731/
Bowloy731/
Bowlee731/
Boblla731/
Bhobla731/
Bovlla731/
Bowluy730/
Bowlou730/
Bowlly730/
Bewlah730/
Bowleo730/
Boublia67319/
Boublai67182/
Bobella6752/
Bobilla6740/
Bowller6723/
Bowelle6717/
Bowless676/
Bawlaya673/
Boublah672/
Boublay672/
Boiwles672/
Boywelo671/
Bowlles671/
Bowwles671/
Bhoswle671/
Baswlay671/
Bouwley671/
Bouwles671/
Bowlley670/
Bowlish670/

Bowla Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻟﻪbwlh-

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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 Bowla
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