Bweha Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Bweha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bweha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bweha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bweha is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bweha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Bweha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Bweha reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Pwani Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwehya | 91 | 16 | / |
| Bwea | 89 | 57 | / |
| Bweehya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bweya | 80 | 1,150 | / |
| Bwiha | 80 | 26 | / |
| Bweja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bwaha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bueha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bweeya | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bwheeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwejah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mpweha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwaaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhweja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweich | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwai | 67 | 670 | / |
| Bwye | 67 | 102 | / |
| Pwea | 67 | 54 | / |
| Buea | 67 | 36 | / |
| Bwaa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bwau | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bway | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bwei | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bwie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buawech | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bwey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bwya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwaihau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwahaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bweu | 67 | 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 Bweha
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