Bwenya Surname
Approximately 499 people bear this surname
Bwenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 389 | 1:136,097 | 12,619 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bwenya (94) may also be a first name.
Bwenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwenya (Arabic: بوينيا) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bwenya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 617,057th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname Bwenya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwenya reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bwenya is also the 980,251st most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 94 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 136,097. In Tanzania Bwenya is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Bwenya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwenye | 83 | 126 | / |
| Bwinya | 83 | 62 | / |
| Bwenia | 83 | 41 | / |
| Pwenya | 83 | 20 | / |
| Buenya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Bwenea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bhuenya | 77 | 29 | / |
| Bwanyah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Buhenya | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bhwinya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwaanya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mpwenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwenajja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bwinja | 67 | 566 | / |
| Bwenje | 67 | 231 | / |
| Bwonyo | 67 | 225 | / |
| Bwanja | 67 | 28 | / |
| Bwenji | 67 | 23 | / |
| Buenia | 67 | 15 | / |
| Buinya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Buenea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Puenya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bwinyo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bwegne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bwania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buenye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bvanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buegna | 67 | 0 | / |
Bwenya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bwenya in the Arabic language | ||
| بوينيا | bwynya | - |
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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 Bwenya
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