Bwam Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Bwam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bwam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwam is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name Bwam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwam reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 52 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Bwam is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Bwam is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent live, Centre Region, where 4 percent live and South Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Kenya, where 19 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 Bwam
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