Bwamo Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bwamo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bwamo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bwamo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bwamo is found most in The DR Congo. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwamo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,746,821st most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Bwamo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwamo reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwamoi9135/
Bwamoy9127/
Bwaimo9127/
Bwamou913/
Bwama80186/
Bwemo80140/
Buamo8010/
Pwaamo7313/
Buhamo733/
Buamoa732/
Bweimo731/
Buamod731/
Bvammo731/
Bwomoh731/
Bwamad731/
Bwahama67392/
Buhaimo671/
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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 Bwamo
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