Bwakeya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Bwakeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bwakeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwakeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwakeya is found most in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bwakeya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwakeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Bwakeya are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Bwakeya is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 80 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Bwakeya
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