Bushiya Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Bushiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 196 | 1:270,110 | 21,359 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Bushiya (19) may also be a first name.
Bushiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bushiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bushiya (Hindi: बुशिया) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bushiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,194,481st most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bushiya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bushiya is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Shinyanga Region, where 53 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 46 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bushiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bushiya in the Hindi language | ||
| बुशिया | busiya | 66.67 |
| बुषिया | busiya | 33.33 |
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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 Bushiya
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