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
The last name Bwakea is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwakea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bwakea is the 1,155,901st most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwakea reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 258,252. In Tanzania Bwakea is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 44 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 40 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Bwakea occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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