Bwakea Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Bwakea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 205 | 1:258,252 | 20,734 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bwakea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwakea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwakea is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwakea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bwakea is the 1,155,901st most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwakea are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bwakea is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 258,252. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 44 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 40 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwakeya | 92 | 6 | / |
| Bwaka | 91 | 494 | / |
| Bwake | 91 | 25 | / |
| Bwakya | 83 | 129 | / |
| Bwakia | 83 | 21 | / |
| Bwaika | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bweaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwakye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwakoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwaike | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwayaka | 77 | 12 | / |
| Bwakaya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Bwekeya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bweyake | 77 | 3 | / |
| Buakeao | 77 | 2 | / |
| Buakead | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bweyaka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwakajo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwakayi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwaakye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwaikai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwajika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwayeka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwayika | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buakeat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buaka | 73 | 3,552 | / |
| Pwaka | 73 | 240 | / |
| Bwaki | 73 | 174 | / |
| Bvaka | 73 | 64 | / |
| Buake | 73 | 59 | / |
| Bweke | 73 | 28 | / |
| Bwike | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bwoke | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fwaka | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bwaca | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fwake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweyakye | 71 | 8 | / |
| Bwahakye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buakai | 67 | 279 | / |
| Bwache | 67 | 86 | / |
| Buakia | 67 | 34 | / |
| Puakea | 67 | 24 | / |
| Buakah | 67 | 12 | / |
| Buekea | 67 | 10 | / |
| Buakoe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pwakah | 67 | 8 | / |
| Buakhe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Buaked | 67 | 8 | / |
| Buakat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buakya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bvacka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bvaker | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buakha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Buaska | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bwakyi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buakae | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buakes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbakya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwekie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buaaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fwakah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpwaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwaaki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwakii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buakeo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwakya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bueaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwikey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Bwakea
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