Buwayo Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Buwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Buwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buwayo occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwayo? popularity and diffusion
Buwayo is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buwayo live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Buwayo is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kayunga District, where 25 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 25 percent are found and Masindi District, where 25 percent are found. Beside Uganda this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buway | 91 | 157 | / |
| Bouway | 83 | 244 | / |
| Buwaya | 83 | 184 | / |
| Buwayi | 83 | 112 | / |
| Busway | 83 | 86 | / |
| Buwaye | 83 | 58 | / |
| Bhuway | 83 | 10 | / |
| Bowayo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Buhway | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bueway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Beuway | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bouwaye | 77 | 1,120 | / |
| Bushway | 77 | 707 | / |
| Bouwayi | 77 | 124 | / |
| Buwaaya | 77 | 13 | / |
| Buwayhi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bhuvayo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bhiwayo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bouwaya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bhuwaya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bouwhay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouwayu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buwai | 73 | 647 | / |
| Boway | 73 | 387 | / |
| Buwaj | 73 | 240 | / |
| Bubay | 73 | 123 | / |
| Buvay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buwau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buwoj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wuway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buwaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buwayhid | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bouhwaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouwaaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhubhayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boushway | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bowhay | 67 | 850 | / |
| Bouwey | 67 | 528 | / |
| Bouwai | 67 | 249 | / |
| Bowayi | 67 | 126 | / |
| Bhuwai | 67 | 119 | / |
| Bowaya | 67 | 114 | / |
| Bowaye | 67 | 112 | / |
| Boubay | 67 | 70 | / |
| Bouvay | 67 | 57 | / |
| Bauwai | 67 | 37 | / |
| Wubayo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Buwaji | 67 | 12 | / |
| Buwoya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bowoyo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bubaye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bouwou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baubay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bubaya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buboyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Buwait | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buwawe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buweyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauwoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beubay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beuwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowuyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boeway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouwae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buiwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bubaio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buybay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buweye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwwey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Buwayo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis