Bowta Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Bowta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Bowta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bowta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺗﻪ) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowta? popularity and diffusion

Bowta is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Bowta are found; 84 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 84 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 8,265,575. In Indonesia Bowta is primarily concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Pakistan, where 5 percent reside.

Bowta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bowta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bowta last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowtha911/
Bawta8012/
Bovta8010/
Bowti804/
Bobta803/
Bowty803/
Bowto801/
Bofta801/
Bhowte7337/
Boufta7332/
Bowtie7311/
Bhawta733/
Bowtee732/
Buowto731/
Bhovta731/
Bovtah731/
Bobtai731/
Bowtte731/
Boubta731/
Bowtes731/
Bowthe730/
Bowted730/
Bouftas67978/
Bovtach67290/
Bouftat676/
Bowtish673/
Bouftah672/
Boubtah672/
Bowtich672/
Bouftay671/
Bowthey670/

Bowta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺗﻪbwth-

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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 Bowta
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