Busulu Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Busulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 161 | 1:328,830 | 24,745 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Busulu (13) may also be a first name.
Busulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Busulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Busulu is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Busulu.
How Common Is The Last Name Busulu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. Busulu is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Busulu live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Busulu is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname Busulu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 328,830. In Tanzania Busulu is mostly concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 100 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butsulu | 92 | 21 | / |
| Busuulu | 92 | 17 | / |
| Bushulu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Busuluu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Busgullu | 86 | 14 | / |
| Bosulu | 83 | 1,787 | / |
| Bujulu | 83 | 145 | / |
| Buzulu | 83 | 30 | / |
| Vusulu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Wusulu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Buculu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Busolu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vutsulu | 77 | 71 | / |
| Buculeu | 77 | 67 | / |
| Bujjulu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Buchulu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Buzgulu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Busollu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Butchulu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Boosullu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bosolu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Bozulu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bossoulou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Boşulu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vusolu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhutchulu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuzulu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bougioulou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Buzoğlu | 62 | 111 | / |
| Bosholu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mpuzulu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bosollu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boutchoulou | 59 | 12 | / |
| Vutchulu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Boussilou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bozolu | 50 | 10 | / |
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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 Busulu
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