Bwale Surname
Approximately 7,120 people bear this surname
Bwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 3,877 | 1:4,088 | 497 |
| DR Congo | 3,003 | 1:24,602 | 3,097 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bwale (810) may also be a first name.
Bwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwale is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwale? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 69,554th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,023,532 people. The surname Bwale is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwale live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Bwale is also the 287,241st most widespread given name internationally, borne by 810 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 3,877 people, or 1 in 4,088. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Central Province, where 30 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 42 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bwale
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