Buchafwe Surname

860,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 316 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buchafwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchafwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3151:168,06914,835
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Buchafwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buchafwe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchafwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 860,770th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. Buchafwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buchafwe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Buchafwe is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 168,069. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 95 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 3 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Buchafwe is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Buchafwe
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