Bw Surname

369,492nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 973 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Bw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia9551:138,48113,746
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bw (586) may also be a first name.

Bw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bw occurs most in Indonesia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 369,492nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Bw are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 345,673rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 586 people.

The last name Bw is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 955 people, or 1 in 138,481. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 38 percent are found, Yogyakarta, where 14 percent are found and North Sumatra, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwe80464/
Bhw8024/
Hbw8018/
Bww8014/
Bwh809/
Bwf803/
Bååw6712/
Bwch676/
Bwft672/
Hbhw671/
Hbwf671/
Hbwp671/
Hbws671/
Hbww671/
Hbwz671/
Bwwp671/
Bwtd671/
Bwph671/
Bwfe671/
Bhwh671/

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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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