Bwereere Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bwereere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwereere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1361:287,05420,278
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bwereere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwereere is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwereere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwereere is the 1,518,885th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Bwereere is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwereere reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 287,054. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 25 percent are found, Rakai District, where 17 percent are found and Kiruhura District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Bwereere occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwerere931,359/
Bwerera80141/
Buerere807/
Bwereri801/
Bwerire801/
Bwerier800/
Buherere758/
Bweerere752/
Buerer71191/
Buerger672,704/
Pwerera6721/
Buherer677/
Buerher670/

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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 Bwereere
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