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
The surname Busola is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Busola.
How Common Is The Last Name Busola? popularity and diffusion
The surname Busola is the 990,978th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. Busola is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Busola are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Busola is also the 54,947th most common first name worldwide, held by 11,760 people.
The surname Busola is most widespread 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 are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Italy, where 3 percent are found.
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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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