Bitungwa Surname
Approximately 769 people bear this surname
Bitungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 346 | 1:153,010 | 13,848 |
| Uganda | 278 | 1:140,429 | 12,681 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bitungwa (45) may also be a first name.
Bitungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bitungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bitungwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitungwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 444,080th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 9,476,653 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bitungwa are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 45 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 153,010. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 95 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 19 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 Bitungwa
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