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 is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Busongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 243,312th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,446,337 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Busongo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Busongo is also the 476,238th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 337 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,536 people, or 1 in 34,467. In Tanzania Busongo is most prevalent in: Tabora Region, where 91 percent are found, Mara Region, where 6 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 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 Busongo
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