Buyeka Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Buyeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 229 | 1:170,477 | 14,470 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Buyeka (25) may also be a first name.
Buyeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buyeka is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyeka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,055,483rd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Buyeka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyeka are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Buyeka is also the 2,136,160th most common given name on earth. It is borne by 25 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 170,477. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Sironko District, where 61 percent are found, Mbale District, where 23 percent are found and Buikwe District, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Buyeka is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Buyeka
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