Bwanali Surname

19,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Bwanali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwanali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi25,5391:67051
Zimbabwe9811:15,7372,246
Tanzania7711:68,6667,239
Zambia4421:35,8603,617
South Africa811:668,86148,796
England151:3,714,537119,675
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Bwanali (1,486) may also be a first name.

Bwanali Last Name Facts

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

Bwanali is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwanali? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwanali is the 19,685th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 261,587 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwanali are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 201,767th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 1,486 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 25,539 people, or 1 in 670. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.

Bwanali Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bwanali earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 4% more than the national average, earning R 247,152 per year and in Canada they earn 36.23% more than the national average, earning $67,684 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwanaali93213/
Bwangali931/
Bwanalie931/
Bwanahali88720/
Bwanale8617/
Bwanaly865/
Bwenali861/
Bwanala861/
Bwanally805/
Buan'ali801/
Buhanali801/
Bwangale801/
Bwangole6712/
Buangale671/
Bouhounali59114/
Bwenele572/
Buenoli571/
Pwanole571/
Bbanoly571/

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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 Bwanali
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