Bowor Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Bowor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bowor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bowor is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Bowor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Bowor live; 37 percent live in Central Africa and 37 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: South Region, where 92 percent reside and East Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Bowor is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 26 percent reside and Indonesia, where 17 percent reside.
Bowor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bowor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bowor last name fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouwor | 91 | 29 | / |
| Bowore | 91 | 14 | / |
| Bowuor | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bowoer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Boswort | 83 | 3 | / |
| Bowoure | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bobor | 80 | 6,482 | / |
| Bawor | 80 | 1,488 | / |
| Bowar | 80 | 681 | / |
| Bewor | 80 | 26 | / |
| Buwor | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bosworht | 77 | 0 | / |
| Booworth | 77 | 0 | / |
| Boobar | 73 | 146 | / |
| Bobour | 73 | 107 | / |
| Bhowar | 73 | 95 | / |
| Boiwar | 73 | 81 | / |
| Bowart | 73 | 59 | / |
| Bewoor | 73 | 57 | / |
| Bevoor | 73 | 53 | / |
| Bovoir | 73 | 40 | / |
| Boware | 73 | 36 | / |
| Boywar | 73 | 25 | / |
| Boswar | 73 | 19 | / |
| Baword | 73 | 18 | / |
| Baboor | 73 | 16 | / |
| Boboor | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bouwar | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bojwar | 73 | 8 | / |
| Beewor | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bavoor | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bowgar | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bawoor | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bhawor | 73 | 3 | / |
| Boewar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bawuor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bovore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bohvor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boibor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bewour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buwore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowhar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boobor | 73 | 0 | / |
| Buwort | 73 | 0 | / |
| Boovar | 73 | 0 | / |
| Boswoorth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boswourth | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bouhwar | 67 | 120 | / |
| Bhoewar | 67 | 102 | / |
| Bhoware | 67 | 66 | / |
| Bhoiwar | 67 | 54 | / |
| Boubour | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bojware | 67 | 20 | / |
| Boyware | 67 | 20 | / |
| Bhojwar | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bhobhor | 67 | 13 | / |
| Buwoire | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bouward | 67 | 9 | / |
| Boiware | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bouware | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bovhoer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bouvoir | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bavoore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baawour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawoire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Booswar | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bouswar | 67 | 0 | / |
| Baworth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bowhard | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bauword | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bosworthth | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bowor
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