Bwen Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Bwen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bwen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwen is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwen is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Bwen live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Bwen is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 87 percent reside, Centre Region, where 4 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwene | 89 | 172 | / |
| Bwend | 89 | 29 | / |
| Bwein | 89 | 27 | / |
| Bween | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bwn | 86 | 5 | / |
| Bwween | 80 | 5 | / |
| Buen | 75 | 7,857 | / |
| Bben | 75 | 12 | / |
| Bwem | 75 | 11 | / |
| Bwin | 75 | 9 | / |
| Bwnh | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bwng | 75 | 4 | / |
| Vwen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bwjn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pwen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vben | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hbwn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bwnn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bwengue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwengne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bueng | 67 | 211 | / |
| Buehn | 67 | 130 | / |
| Buenk | 67 | 114 | / |
| Bouen | 67 | 91 | / |
| Bwine | 67 | 78 | / |
| Bhuen | 67 | 49 | / |
| Bwint | 67 | 37 | / |
| Buend | 67 | 28 | / |
| Buenc | 67 | 20 | / |
| Buent | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pween | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buenq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Åbuen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhwin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwain | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bwen
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