Bwema Surname

212,611th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bwema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,7991:41,0675,041
Zambia1051:150,95210,816
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Liberia71:629,79127,063
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Bwema (389) may also be a first name.

Bwema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwema occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwema? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 212,611th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,762,285 people. The last name Bwema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwema live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bwema is also the 439,102nd most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 389 people.

The last name Bwema is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,799 people, or 1 in 41,067. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bweema9123/
Bwemah911/
Bwoma80266/
Bwemi80206/
Bwama80186/
Bwemo80140/
Buema80101/
Bweme8081/
Bwima8059/
Pwema8029/
Bvema801/
Bouema7329/
Bweemi738/
Bweeme734/
Buemah732/
Buemay731/
Bweimo731/
Bbeema731/
Bwahama67392/
Buemath671/
Boueyma671/
Buehmah671/
Bbeamma671/

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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 Bwema
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