Bwabo Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bwabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bwabo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwabo is found most in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwabo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bwabo is the 1,746,159th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. Bwabo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bwabo live; 58 percent live in Central Africa and 58 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwaabo913/
Bwabohe831/
Bwaba80123/
Buabo8072/
Bwebo801/
Buaboh7314/
Buaboi734/
Bwaaba732/
Buabuo732/
Bwahba731/
Buaboot6714/
Buaboos675/
Buabood672/
Buahabo671/
Buabooy671/

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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
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  • 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 Bwabo
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