Bisimwe Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bisimwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bisimwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bisimwe (27) may also be a first name.

Bisimwe Last Name Facts

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

Bisimwe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bisimwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bisimwe is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Bisimwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bisimwe reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bisimwe is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 27 people.

The last name Bisimwe is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bisimwa8633,247/
Bisemwe864/
Bishimwa8035/
Bissimwa8021/
Bisimmwa804/
Bishimbe801/
Bissimbe801/
Bisinwer801/
Bisimwoha7514/
Beishemwe752/
Bizimwa7127/
Bisemwa7121/
Bisembe719/
Bisimbi715/
Besimbe715/
Bizimbe711/
Bissimbi6752/
Bishemwa6727/
Bishimbi6721/
Beshemwe676/
Bissembe672/
Bisinbei671/
Bishembe671/

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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 Bisimwe
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