Birihanze Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Birihanze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 107 | 1:364,853 | 23,632 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Birihanze (11) may also be a first name.
Birihanze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birihanze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birihanze occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birihanze? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Birihanze are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Birihanze is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 11 people.
Birihanze is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 364,853. In Uganda Birihanze is most prevalent in: Kisoro District, where 39 percent are found, Kyankwanzi District, where 10 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Birihanze
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