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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Busola? popularity and diffusion
The surname Busola is the 990,978th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Busola live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Busola is also the 54,947th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 11,760 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 20 percent are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Busola 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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