Bitwaye Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Bitwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 251 | 1:210,923 | 17,752 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Bitwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bitwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bitwaye is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitwaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bitwaye is the 983,245th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bitwaye are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 210,923. In Tanzania Bitwaye is most prevalent in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 4 percent live and Iringa Region, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Bitwaye
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