Bwanari Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bwanari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwanari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1471:105,02214,642
Tanzania891:594,85037,281
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bwanari (46) may also be a first name.

Bwanari Last Name Facts

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

Bwanari is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwanari? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,009,375th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Bwanari occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bwanari are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 59 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most common first name in the world, borne by 46 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 105,022. In Zimbabwe Bwanari is mostly found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 20 percent are found, Harare Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 15 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwanaari931/
Buanari86128/
Bwanare8615/
Bbanari861/
Bwanara861/
Pwanarit8066/
Bwangori801/
Bhvanari801/
Buhanari801/
Pwanori7113/
Buonari719/
Vuanari711/
Buanaree676/
Buanhara671/
Buhanare671/
Bwonaira671/
Buonaurio63231/
Buhangare637/
Puanare572/
Buonara572/
Buenaire53121/
Buonaura5368/

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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 Bwanari
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