Bishonga Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Bishonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 325 | 1:48,769 | 4,624 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bishonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bishonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bishonga occurs most in Zambia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bishonga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 841,044th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bishonga reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Bishonga is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 48,769. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 34 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 25 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Bishonga occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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