Buchumi Surname
Approximately 1,515 people bear this surname
Buchumi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,435 | 1:36,893 | 4,276 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Buchumi (1,725) may also be a first name.
Buchumi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchumi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buchumi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchumi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 259,470th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,810,261 people. The last name Buchumi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buchumi reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Buchumi is also the 184,841st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 1,725 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,435 people, or 1 in 36,893. In Tanzania Buchumi is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 42 percent live, Katavi Region, where 38 percent live and Tabora Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butchumi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bucumi | 92 | 29,699 | / |
| Bouchoumi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Buchuma | 86 | 14 | / |
| Bushumi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bhuchume | 80 | 5 | / |
| Butshumi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bhushumi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buchumma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buchhuma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Busumi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bouchouma | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buchime | 71 | 21 | / |
| Baucume | 71 | 5 | / |
| Buczomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buchome | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bushuma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bocoumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Busumei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boucoume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouzoumi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boucouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baucoume | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Buchumi
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