Bwanikwa Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Bwanikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Bwanikwa (62) may also be a first name.
Bwanikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwanikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwanikwa occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwanikwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 968,490th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwanikwa live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent first name globally, held by 62 people.
The surname Bwanikwa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 276,703. Outside of The DR Congo it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 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 Bwanikwa
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