Businye Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Businye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Businye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419

Businye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Businye occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Businye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Businye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Businye is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Mubende District, where 25 percent live, Buhweju District, where 13 percent live and Bushenyi District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 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 Businye
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