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
Bitwaye has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bitwaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitwaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 983,245th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The surname Bitwaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bitwaye live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 210,923. In Tanzania Bitwaye is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 4 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Bitwaye exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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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