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
The surname Buwu is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 706,244th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,518,139 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Buwu reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,950th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 1,854 people.
It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 43,984. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent live, Harare Province, where 33 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it exists 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
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