Buhese Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Buhese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buhese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1261:309,83621,278
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Buhese (18) may also be a first name.

Buhese Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buhese is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buhese? popularity and diffusion

Buhese is the 1,589,322nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname Buhese occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buhese are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Buhese is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 18 people.

The last name Buhese is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 309,836. In Uganda Buhese is most common in: Kasese District, where 87 percent live, Ntoroko District, where 7 percent live and Bundibugyo District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buheshe921/
Buhesi836/
Buhege831/
Buhesha774/
Bouheze771/
Buheger771/
Buheshi771/
Bouhisse715/
Bouheche711/
Buheji67195/
Bouhedjer6797/
Bouise6735/
Buhisi6713/
Buheza675/
Bouhizeis671/
Buhezi671/
Booese670/
Bouyse670/

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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 Buhese
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