Kabuwaya Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kabuwaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kabuwaya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kabuwaya (13) may also be a first name.

Kabuwaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kabuwaya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kabuwaya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Kabuwaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kabuwaya reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kabuwaya is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Kabuwaya is mostly found in: Kano, where 82 percent live and Gombe, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Kabowoyo631/
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Kabowei53302/
Cabuboy5315/
Kobowau538/
Kaboowei501/
Kaibowei501/
Kaibowou501/
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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 Kabuwaya
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