Buyeya Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Buyeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Buyeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buyeya is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyeya live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Buyeya is primarily found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 80 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 20 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 14 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 Buyeya
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