Buwei Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Buwei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Buwei (52) may also be a first name.
Buwei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buwei occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Buwei reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buwei is also the 1,381,723rd most common first name worldwide It is held by 52 people.
The surname Buwei is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent are found and Zamfara, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in China, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 20 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 Buwei
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