Buwai Surname
Approximately 647 people bear this surname
Buwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 578 | 1:306,475 | 17,059 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Buwai (351) may also be a first name.
Buwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buwai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Buwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 506,723rd most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,263,595 people. The last name Buwai is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Buwai live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 465,148th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 351 people.
The last name Buwai is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 306,475. In Nigeria Buwai is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 63 percent are found, Sokoto, where 33 percent are found and Cross River, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Buwai
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