Buhirwa Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Buhirwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
Buhirwa (55) may also be a first name.
Buhirwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buhirwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buhirwa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buhirwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 839,220th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buhirwa live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 55 people.
The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 315 people, or 1 in 234,538. Not including The DR Congo it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 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 Buhirwa
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