Bwaita Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Kiribati

Bwaita Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwaita Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2681:145,66913,018
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kiribati11:113,4071,341
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bwaita Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bwaita Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bwaita is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwaita? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 961,438th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwaita are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 145,669. In Uganda Bwaita is most numerous in: Kamuli District, where 52 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 14 percent reside and Luuka District, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent reside and Kiribati, where 0 percent reside.

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Bwhite673/
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Buatay671/
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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 Bwaita
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