Bowya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Benin

Bowya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bowya (37) may also be a first name.

Bowya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bowya is found most frequently in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Bowya is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Bowya reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bowya is also the 1,688,769th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.

It is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Bowya is most numerous in: Odisha, where 25 percent live. Excluding India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 14 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boweya91479/
Bowyah9160/
Bhowya915/
Bowyea911/
Bowieya831/
Bowyatt830/
Bewya80257/
Bobya8061/
Bawya8022/
Bowia8019/
Bovya8015/
Bowyo801/
Bhobya738/
Baweya736/
Bhuwya735/
Boweja735/
Bowiea734/
Bhawya733/
Boweah733/
Boybia731/
Bowjay731/
Boubya731/
Bouwia731/
Bewwya731/
Bhowia731/
Bhovya731/
Boyvea730/
Boyvia730/
Buwaaya6713/
Bawaaya671/

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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 Bowya
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