Bwat Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bwat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bwat (16) may also be a first name.

Bwat Last Name Facts

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

Bwat is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwat? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwat is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Bwat occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Bwat live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

The last name Bwat is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Bwat is mostly found in: Plateau, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwate8937/
Bwath891/
Bwatt891/
Bhwat891/
Bwahat8021/
Bøwadt8020/
Bweate801/
Bwatte801/
Buat754,611/
Bbat75107/
Bwot7542/
Pwat7528/
Vwat7521/
Bwad751/
Vbat751/
Bwatowa7334/
Buaat67359/
Buate6762/
Buatt6728/
Bbhat6710/
Bvhat675/
Pwate674/
Bhwad674/
Bwote672/
Buath672/
Bwadh671/
Bwwad671/
Pwait671/
Vbhat671/
Bbaht671/
Pwatz670/
Bwoit670/

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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 Bwat
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