Bitwire Surname

476,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 702 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bitwire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bitwire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda6981:55,9306,596
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Bitwire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bitwire occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bitwire? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 476,328th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,381,120 people. Bitwire is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bitwire reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 698 people, or 1 in 55,930. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 12 percent reside, Rukungiri District, where 9 percent reside and Kamwenge District, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bitweire933/
Bitwere862/
Betwire862/
Bitware861/
Bituire861/
Bitweirehe821/
Bistuir7122/
Betware7110/
Bitwera711/
Betwere711/
Bittwer710/
Betwaare671/
Beitwaihari671/
Betuir621/
Bituer621/
Betwer620/
Bistuer57345/
Bestuir57247/
Vittwer572/
Betweri571/
Bittuer571/
Bedware571/
Bidhuiri531/
Boidevair502/

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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 Bitwire
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