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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Busola.
How Common Is The Last Name Busola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 990,978th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Busola is predominantly 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 commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 11,760 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 20 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common 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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