Buwu Surname
Approximately 416 people bear this surname
Buwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 351 | 1:43,984 | 6,768 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Buwu (1,854) may also be a first name.
Buwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buwu occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 706,244th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 17,518,139 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Buwu reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Buwu is also the 176,950th most frequent first name globally, held by 1,854 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 43,984. In Zimbabwe Buwu is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent live, Harare Province, where 33 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Buwu occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuwu | 89 | 27 | / |
| Buwau | 89 | 2 | / |
| Buwus | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buwuh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buwgu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bouwou | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bauwud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Beuwou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bubu | 75 | 6,078 | / |
| Buvu | 75 | 279 | / |
| Bowu | 75 | 41 | / |
| Bouwhus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bubui | 67 | 205 | / |
| Bubau | 67 | 111 | / |
| Bubou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Busvu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Buibu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bubuy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bhiwu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bowuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buivu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bubuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buvau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bubhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujbu | 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 Buwu
- 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