Busola Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Busola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Busola (11,760) may also be a first name.
Busola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Busola Come From? nationality or country of origin
Busola is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Busola.
How Common Is The Last Name Busola? popularity and diffusion
It is the 990,978th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. Busola is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Busola reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 54,947th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 11,760 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Busola is most frequent in: Ogun, where 20 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Italy, where 3 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 Busola
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