Buhigiro Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Buhigiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buhigiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buhigiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buhigiro has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Buhigiro.
How Common Is The Last Name Buhigiro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buhigiro is the 2,460,878th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. Buhigiro occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Buhigiro live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Buhigiro is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 813,318. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Ssembabule District, where 19 percent reside, Ntungamo District, where 15 percent reside and Kampala District, where 13 percent reside. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 15 percent reside and Belgium, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buhingiro | 94 | 4 | / |
| Buhigyiro | 94 | 1 | / |
| Buhugiro | 88 | 5 | / |
| Bihigiro | 88 | 1 | / |
| Buhagiar | 75 | 4,322 | / |
| Bahigire | 75 | 31 | / |
| Bahigira | 75 | 24 | / |
| Behigiri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buhogiar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bahigirwa | 71 | 23 | / |
| Bouhagiar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buahagiar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bahigyire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bahigyira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouhou Girao | 70 | 1 | / |
| Bahagir | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buheger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Böhiger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Behiger | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bahagire | 63 | 12 | / |
| Bahugire | 63 | 9 | / |
| Bahagiri | 63 | 6 | / |
| Behagiri | 63 | 2 | / |
| Bahigeri | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bahagiar | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bahuugire | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bahugiire | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bahagiirwa | 56 | 1 | / |
| Bahegere | 50 | 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 Buhigiro
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