Banywana Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Banywana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Banywana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1711:228,30017,543
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754

Banywana (14) may also be a first name.

Banywana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Banywana is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Banywana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,181,191st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banywana reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Banywana is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 228,300. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Ntungamo District, where 14 percent live, Mbarara District, where 9 percent live and Isingiro District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

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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 Banywana
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