Busungu Surname
Approximately 2,031 people bear this surname
Busungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,762 | 1:30,046 | 3,571 |
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Busungu (54) may also be a first name.
Busungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Busungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Busungu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Busungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 204,545th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,588,157 people. Busungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Busungu live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Busungu is also the 1,350,955th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 54 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,762 people, or 1 in 30,046. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 29 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 25 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bussungu | 93 | 3 | / |
| Bushungu | 93 | 2 | / |
| Busuungu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Busugu | 92 | 32 | / |
| Bushugu | 86 | 268 | / |
| Bosungu | 86 | 91 | / |
| Buzungu | 86 | 34 | / |
| Bujungu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Butsugu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bussugu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Busuunu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Buchungu | 80 | 28 | / |
| Biesungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boshungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Boussoungou | 78 | 23 | / |
| Boutsoungou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Buzugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buzunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vusunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Busugoult | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bousougou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boussougou | 71 | 8,567 | / |
| Bosongu | 71 | 944 | / |
| Boucoungou | 71 | 24 | / |
| Buchugu | 71 | 21 | / |
| Vushugu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Boussounou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vushunu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boussoughou | 67 | 410 | / |
| Boussouggou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buchunui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woshungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouzougou | 63 | 78 | / |
| Boussougouth | 63 | 5 | / |
| Bouchounouh | 56 | 1 | / |
| Buchumhu | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Busungu
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