Buwayi Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Buwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buwayi (15) may also be a first name.
Buwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buwayi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Buwayi are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buwayi is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 33 percent are found, Niger, where 25 percent are found and Sokoto, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Buwayi is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 43 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 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 Buwayi
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