Bitwale Surname
Approximately 229 people bear this surname
Bitwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 220 | 1:240,644 | 19,599 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Bitwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bitwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bitwale occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitwale? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bitwale is the 1,079,669th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bitwale live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 240,644. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 85 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 4 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Bitwale exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baitwale | 93 | 4 | / |
| Bitwal | 92 | 2 | / |
| Bitwala | 86 | 107 | / |
| Bitwile | 86 | 4 | / |
| Betwale | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bitwali | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bitwele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bithwal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bistwal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bidwale | 86 | 1 | / |
| Baitwala | 80 | 7 | / |
| Bitwalla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bidwal | 77 | 94 | / |
| Betwal | 77 | 27 | / |
| Bitual | 77 | 9 | / |
| Bhetwal | 71 | 545 | / |
| Bituala | 71 | 166 | / |
| Betwala | 71 | 81 | / |
| Betwali | 71 | 7 | / |
| Bidwall | 71 | 6 | / |
| Baidwal | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bhidwal | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bedwale | 71 | 2 | / |
| Betwele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bethwal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bidwala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bidwele | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bitualla | 67 | 208 | / |
| Bitualia | 67 | 73 | / |
| Bethwala | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bitualya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bidwalla | 67 | 2 | / |
| Betwally | 67 | 1 | / |
| Betwalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bidhvale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bittualy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bitwale
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