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 is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buzuwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Buzuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buzuwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buzuwa is also the 790,880th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 137 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 57 percent are found and Sokoto, where 43 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 3 percent are found.
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
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