Bwalama Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Bwalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bwalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwalama occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwalama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwalama are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bwalama is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,219,977. In Uganda Bwalama is mostly concentrated in: Buyende District, where 97 percent live and Kamuli District, where 3 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 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 Bwalama
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