Busongo Surname
Approximately 1,639 people bear this surname
Busongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,536 | 1:34,467 | 4,025 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
Busongo (337) may also be a first name.
Busongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Busongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Busongo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Busongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Busongo is the 243,312th most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,446,337 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Busongo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 476,238th most widely held first name globally, borne by 337 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,536 people, or 1 in 34,467. In Tanzania Busongo is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 91 percent live, Mara Region, where 6 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Tanzania Busongo exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 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 Busongo
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