Buhanza Surname

440,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buhanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buhanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7741:68,4007,211
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Buhanza (17) may also be a first name.

Buhanza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buhanza is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buhanza? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buhanza is the 440,539th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,379,081 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buhanza live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 17 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 774 people, or 1 in 68,400. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 66 percent reside, Geita Region, where 21 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 12 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Buhanza exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, 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
  • 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 Buhanza
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