Busanda Surname

252,918th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Busanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Busanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,5401:34,3784,013
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Busanda (22) may also be a first name.

Busanda Last Name Facts

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

Busanda occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Busanda? popularity and diffusion

Busanda is the 252,918th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,659,556 people. The surname Busanda occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Busanda are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Busanda is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,540 people, or 1 in 34,378. In Tanzania it is most common in: Shinyanga Region, where 22 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 19 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 19 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

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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 Busanda
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