Buzuwa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Buzuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Buzuwa (137) may also be a first name.
Buzuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buzuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buzuwa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buzuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buzuwa is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buzuwa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buzuwa is also the 790,880th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 137 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Buzuwa is primarily concentrated in: Zamfara, where 57 percent reside and Sokoto, where 43 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouzouwa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Busuwa | 83 | 413 | / |
| Bozuwa | 83 | 130 | / |
| Buzuwe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Vuzuwa | 83 | 7 | / |
| Buzuba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bucuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buzueva | 77 | 442 | / |
| Bhujuwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Busuiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buzuwis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buzhiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Busuhwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouzouba | 71 | 844 | / |
| Buzhueva | 71 | 4 | / |
| Boujouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bousouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouzoubaa | 67 | 9,161 | / |
| Bouzoubaâ | 67 | 170 | / |
| Bocuwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bouchouwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bozuva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouzoubea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouzoubâa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bucuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuzuwe | 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 Buzuwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis