Bwenje Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Bwenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 157 | 1:248,658 | 18,515 |
| Zimbabwe | 64 | 1:241,222 | 26,284 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Bwenje (11) may also be a first name.
Bwenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwenje is most common in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwenje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,073,555th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Bwenje occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwenje reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 248,658. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Lwengo District, where 10 percent reside, Mubende District, where 10 percent reside and Hoima District, where 9 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bweenje | 92 | 2 | / |
| Bwene | 91 | 172 | / |
| Bwenge | 83 | 4,076 | / |
| Bwenye | 83 | 126 | / |
| Bwenze | 83 | 31 | / |
| Bwenji | 83 | 23 | / |
| Bwanje | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bwegne | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bwenea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buenje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwense | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buenjer | 77 | 6 | / |
| Buhenje | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bwensee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwenshe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bweni | 73 | 484 | / |
| Buene | 73 | 386 | / |
| Bwena | 73 | 195 | / |
| Bweny | 73 | 23 | / |
| Pwene | 73 | 22 | / |
| Bvene | 73 | 6 | / |
| Bwenajja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bwenzi | 67 | 1,574 | / |
| Bwenyi | 67 | 1,500 | / |
| Bwinja | 67 | 566 | / |
| Bwenya | 67 | 499 | / |
| Buehne | 67 | 285 | / |
| Buenge | 67 | 221 | / |
| Bwengi | 67 | 131 | / |
| Bouene | 67 | 74 | / |
| Buenze | 67 | 68 | / |
| Buense | 67 | 47 | / |
| Buenes | 67 | 40 | / |
| Bvenge | 67 | 39 | / |
| Bwensa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Vbhene | 67 | 24 | / |
| Bwensi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Pweneh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bwonji | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buener | 67 | 6 | / |
| Buenea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Pwenge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bbenge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bwanji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bweeni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bbeene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhweni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buence | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbeine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwnjay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bweena | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwinji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenye | 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 Bwenje
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