Buyekha Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Buyekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Buyekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buyekha is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyekha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyekha are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 722,950. In Uganda it is most common in: Mbale District, where 54 percent reside, Bududa District, where 15 percent reside and Bulambuli District, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Buyekha
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