Buhamba Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Buhamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Buhamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buhamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buhamba has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buhamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,882,912th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buhamba live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buamba | 92 | 3,700 | / |
| Bouamba | 86 | 16 | / |
| Buhemba | 86 | 10 | / |
| Buambai | 86 | 9 | / |
| Buhomba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Buhambe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Buhambi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bouamboa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouhanba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fuamba | 77 | 3,685 | / |
| Bwamba | 77 | 1,148 | / |
| Buambi | 77 | 144 | / |
| Buambo | 77 | 98 | / |
| Buemba | 77 | 34 | / |
| Buambe | 77 | 27 | / |
| Buomba | 77 | 27 | / |
| Vuamba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bouambo | 71 | 499 | / |
| Bouanba | 71 | 147 | / |
| Wouamba | 71 | 129 | / |
| Bouambi | 71 | 22 | / |
| Bouambe | 71 | 19 | / |
| Beuambe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Buhanwa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Buhombe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Buyomba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Buambes | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vouamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouambé | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buhombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buhombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bwambai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bwatemba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bwatimba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bwambaya | 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 Buhamba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis