Bwegu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Bwegu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bwegu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwegu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwegu is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwegu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bwegu is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Bwegu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Bwegu are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bwegu is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda Bwegu is most prevalent in: Bugiri District, where 67 percent live and Kampala District, where 33 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 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 Bwegu
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