Bwas Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Bwas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bwas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwas occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,931,261st most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bwas are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria Bwas is most common in: Plateau, where 84 percent reside and Kaduna, where 16 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwase | 89 | 133 | / |
| Bwash | 89 | 3 | / |
| Bwaise | 80 | 12 | / |
| Bwashe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Buas | 75 | 600 | / |
| Bbas | 75 | 64 | / |
| Bwax | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bwaz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bwos | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pwas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bvas | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bwaj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vbas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buaas | 67 | 121 | / |
| Buase | 67 | 83 | / |
| Bwosh | 67 | 61 | / |
| Bwose | 67 | 11 | / |
| Buash | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bhwaj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bwazp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vbaxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwoss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbaas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buahs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buays | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bwas
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