Buyoyo Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Buyoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 168 | 1:315,129 | 23,975 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Buyoyo (23) may also be a first name.
Buyoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buyoyo is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Buyoyo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyoyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,041,601st most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Buyoyo live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, held by 23 people.
Buyoyo is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 315,129. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Geita Region, where 96 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 2 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Buyoyo occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouyoyo | 92 | 4 | / |
| Buyayo | 83 | 548 | / |
| Boyoyo | 83 | 421 | / |
| Biyoyo | 83 | 261 | / |
| Buyoya | 83 | 196 | / |
| Bayoyo | 83 | 182 | / |
| Wuyoyo | 83 | 16 | / |
| Beyoyo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Buyojo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Buyiyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buyeyo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bayoyos | 77 | 284 | / |
| Bhuyiyo | 77 | 115 | / |
| Buyayot | 77 | 20 | / |
| Bhoyoyo | 77 | 10 | / |
| Buyaayo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bayooyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buyojjo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bueyo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bajuyo | 67 | 1,337 | / |
| Bayoya | 67 | 1,128 | / |
| Boyejo | 67 | 928 | / |
| Bajoyo | 67 | 699 | / |
| Buyaya | 67 | 91 | / |
| Ueyoio | 67 | 76 | / |
| Biyoya | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wiyoyo | 67 | 28 | / |
| Beyoya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bujayo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bayojo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Buyeya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wayoyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bujojo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Buyiya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bojoyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bujoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boyoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baeyoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vujoyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boujyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vayoyo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Buyoyo
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