Bwanike Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Bwanike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| Uganda | 69 | 1:565,787 | 30,812 |
Bwanike (27) may also be a first name.
Bwanike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwanike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwanike is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bwanike click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwanike? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 851,613th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwanike are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bwanike is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 27 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 38 percent live and Uganda, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwanika | 86 | 6,565 | / |
| Bwaniki | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bwanice | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bwanyeke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Buhanike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwanikka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwanikaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwaanika | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buanik | 77 | 54 | / |
| Buanika | 71 | 34 | / |
| Buahnik | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bouhanik | 67 | 485 | / |
| Buhangik | 67 | 51 | / |
| Buanakhe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Buanechke | 63 | 1 | / |
| Buanic | 62 | 103 | / |
| Buanec | 62 | 32 | / |
| Puanik | 62 | 1 | / |
| Buanek | 62 | 0 | / |
| Buannic | 57 | 409 | / |
| Buhanec | 57 | 145 | / |
| Buannec | 57 | 43 | / |
| Buhanyk | 57 | 7 | / |
| Bweneki | 57 | 4 | / |
| Bueneke | 57 | 0 | / |
| Buhannic | 53 | 223 | / |
| Buhangek | 53 | 23 | / |
| Buhangic | 53 | 17 | / |
| Buhangec | 53 | 6 | / |
| Buhonick | 53 | 6 | / |
| Bouhanek | 53 | 2 | / |
| Buanaque | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buhangig | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buhanecs | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bweineki | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buhankova | 50 | 8 | / |
| Puaniecki | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bwanike
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