Bw Surname
Approximately 973 people bear this surname
Bw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 955 | 1:138,481 | 13,746 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bw (586) may also be a first name.
Bw Demographics
Average Male Bw Height
172.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bw occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bw.
How Common Is The Last Name Bw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 369,492nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. The last name Bw occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Bw reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 345,673rd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 586 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 138,481. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 38 percent live, Yogyakarta, where 14 percent live and North Sumatra, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent live and Algeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bw
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