Bwene Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Bwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwene is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwene? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwene is the 1,310,135th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bwene reside; 94 percent reside in Central Africa and 94 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Bwene is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent reside, Centre Region, where 1 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and Taiwan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwenje | 91 | 231 | / |
| Bwegne | 91 | 2 | / |
| Bwenea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bwen | 89 | 27 | / |
| Bweenje | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bweni | 80 | 484 | / |
| Buene | 80 | 386 | / |
| Bwena | 80 | 195 | / |
| Bwane | 80 | 79 | / |
| Bwine | 80 | 78 | / |
| Bwein | 80 | 27 | / |
| Bweny | 80 | 23 | / |
| Pwene | 80 | 22 | / |
| Bvene | 80 | 6 | / |
| Bwone | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bween | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwenyi | 73 | 1,500 | / |
| Buehne | 73 | 285 | / |
| Buenge | 73 | 221 | / |
| Bwengi | 73 | 131 | / |
| Bwanea | 73 | 82 | / |
| Bouene | 73 | 74 | / |
| Buenes | 73 | 40 | / |
| Bvenge | 73 | 39 | / |
| Vbhene | 73 | 24 | / |
| Bwaneh | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pweneh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Buener | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buenea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pwenge | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bweeni | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buenje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bbeene | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhweni | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bbeine | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhwane | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweena | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buenez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouhene | 67 | 59 | / |
| Buetner | 67 | 29 | / |
| Buegner | 67 | 10 | / |
| Bwin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bven | 67 | 9 | / |
| Buhenje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buenett | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buhenge | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bwjn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouegne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhwaane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buesner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhwanee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhenes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhener | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bwinney | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bvennes | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bwene
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