Bwanye Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bwanye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bwanye 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
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bwanye Last Name Facts

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

Bwanye is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwanye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwanye is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Bwanye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwanye live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Bwanye is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,403,476. In Zimbabwe Bwanye is primarily found in: Manicaland Province, where 91 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 9 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 41 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

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
Bwanya833,047/
Bwanje832/
Pwanye831/
Bhuanye7717/
Bhwanya777/
Bwagner771/
Bwanyuy771/
Mphwanye714/
Bwonya671,166/
Buange6784/
Bwanja6728/
Pwanya6712/
Buanie676/
Bvange675/
Vuanye672/
Bwanji672/
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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 Bwanye
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