Bwerere Surname

283,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bwerere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bwerere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,3471:28,9823,986
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
England51:11,143,612252,590
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Bwerere (35) may also be a first name.

Bwerere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bwerere is found most frequently in Uganda. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwerere? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 283,476th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,362,433 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwerere are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bwerere is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 35 people.

The surname Bwerere is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 1,347 people, or 1 in 28,982. In Uganda Bwerere is most prevalent in: Ntungamo District, where 14 percent live, Isingiro District, where 13 percent live and Mbarara District, where 7 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwereere93137/
Bweerere932/
Bwerera86141/
Buerere867/
Bwerire861/
Bwereri861/
Bwerier860/
Buherere808/
Buerer77191/
Buerger712,704/
Pwerera7121/
Buherer717/
Buerher710/
Buhereri677/
Pwereira676/
Buettrer671/
Buherera671/
Bworhere671/
Mpwerire671/
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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 Bwerere
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