Buwenge Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Buwenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 270 | 1:144,590 | 12,956 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Buwenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buwenge occurs most in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Buwenge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwenge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buwenge is the 961,438th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The surname Buwenge occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buwenge are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Buwenge is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 144,590. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 43 percent are found, Mbale District, where 31 percent are found and Bududa District, where 14 percent are found. Beside Uganda Buwenge exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buwengye | 93 | 8 | / |
| Bujwenge | 93 | 4 | / |
| Buhwengye | 88 | 2 | / |
| Bujwengye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Buwenje | 86 | 687 | / |
| Bouwene | 86 | 46 | / |
| Bowenge | 86 | 2 | / |
| Buwenga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bouwense | 80 | 210 | / |
| Bouwnger | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bauwenes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buwenche | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouweine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouwesne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bowene | 77 | 41 | / |
| Buweni | 77 | 23 | / |
| Bubene | 77 | 12 | / |
| Buwena | 77 | 6 | / |
| Buswingye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouvene | 71 | 6 | / |
| Boubene | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bouwena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buwensi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buveyne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buwenyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Busweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boweine | 71 | 0 | / |
| Buwgi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bouvenet | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bowge | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bouweini | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buiviene | 67 | 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 Buwenge
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