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
The surname Bwale is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bwale click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 69,554th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,023,532 people. The surname Bwale is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwale are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bwale is also the 287,241st most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 810 people.
Bwale is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 3,877 people, or 1 in 4,088. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 30 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Bwale is found in 13 countries. It also occurs 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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