Bwahama Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Bwahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 383 | 1:138,229 | 12,761 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bwahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwahama is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwahama? popularity and diffusion
Bwahama is the 737,137th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 18,590,678 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwahama live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 138,229. In Tanzania Bwahama is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 54 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 24 percent live and Arusha Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Bwahama
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