Buchwa Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Buchwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 556 | 1:95,219 | 9,480 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Buchwa (84) may also be a first name.
Buchwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buchwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buchwa is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buchwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buchwa is the 565,867th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buchwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 84 people.
The surname Buchwa is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 556 people, or 1 in 95,219. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 51 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 23 percent reside and Mara Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buschwa | 92 | 25 | / |
| Bauchwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Buchwad | 92 | 1 | / |
| Buchwat | 92 | 0 | / |
| Bucwa | 91 | 636 | / |
| Buchwach | 86 | 44 | / |
| Buchwaiz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Buschwah | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bushwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Bochwa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Buchwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bucway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buzhwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Butcwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bhucwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buchwo | 83 | 0 | / |
| Buchwaitz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bushway | 77 | 707 | / |
| Buchuap | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bouchba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bouchua | 77 | 2 | / |
| Buchuay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butchua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bushwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butshwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bochway | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bushwah | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bucua | 73 | 237 | / |
| Buswa | 73 | 188 | / |
| Buzwa | 73 | 90 | / |
| Bocwa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Bujwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Butchuea | 71 | 126 | / |
| Buchweis | 71 | 35 | / |
| Buchweiz | 71 | 8 | / |
| Bouchbaa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Buttchua | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bouchwer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Butchuay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buchwetz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boutchua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouchhba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buchvaiz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouchwit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhuhswat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouchuad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouchbah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boushway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Buchwood | 71 | 0 | / |
| Buchweitz | 67 | 1,357 | / |
| Busway | 67 | 86 | / |
| Budzwa | 67 | 81 | / |
| Buswas | 67 | 45 | / |
| Buchvaitz | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bocway | 67 | 11 | / |
| Buzwah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bushwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bochva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Busswa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Buswat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bochua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boujwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buswah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bukhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buchui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buchuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bushva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boutchuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buthchuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhoswa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buzway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Buchwa
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