Buwa Surname
Approximately 3,886 people bear this surname
Buwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,707 | 1:31,739 | 4,064 |
| Nigeria | 659 | 1:268,805 | 15,334 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| India | 377 | 1:2,034,656 | 69,432 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Zimbabwe | 138 | 1:111,871 | 15,325 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Philippines | 51 | 1:1,985,063 | 118,763 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Buwa (615) may also be a first name.
Buwa Demographics
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Buwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buwa (Hindi: बुवा) is found most in South Africa. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 118,326th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,875,333 people. The surname Buwa is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Buwa live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 336,805th most widely held forename internationally It is held by 615 people.
Buwa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,707 people, or 1 in 31,739. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent live, Western Cape, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 8 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Malawi, where 10 percent live.
Buwa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buwa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buwa surname expanded 2,333 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Buwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Buwa are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buwa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 37.74% less than the national average, earning R 147,948 per year and in United States they earn 20.81% less than the national average, earning $34,170 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buwa in the Hindi language | ||
| बुवा | buva | 50 |
| बुआ | bu'a | 50 |
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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 Buwa
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