Bulwana Surname

513,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bulwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6351:85,31910,490
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bulwana (95) may also be a first name.

Bulwana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bulwana is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bulwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulwana? popularity and diffusion

It is the 513,430th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,458,406 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bulwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bulwana is also the 974,243rd most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 95 people.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 635 people, or 1 in 85,319. In South Africa Bulwana is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and Free State, where 14 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Bulwana Last Name Statistics demography

Bulwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.79% less than the national average, earning R 114,576 per year.

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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 Bulwana
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