Bwete Surname
Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname
Bwete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,248 | 1:31,281 | 4,229 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bwete (48) may also be a first name.
Bwete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwete occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwete is the 275,596th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,175,814 people. Bwete occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwete are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly used first name in the world, held by 48 people.
The last name is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 1,248 people, or 1 in 31,281. In Uganda Bwete is most common in: Wakiso District, where 31 percent reside, Kampala District, where 19 percent reside and Luweero District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Bwete occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwette | 91 | 264 | / |
| Bweete | 91 | 166 | / |
| Bweate | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bwetie | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bweteh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bwet | 89 | 3 | / |
| Bweette | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bweta | 80 | 405 | / |
| Buete | 80 | 318 | / |
| Bwite | 80 | 206 | / |
| Pwete | 80 | 86 | / |
| Bwate | 80 | 37 | / |
| Vwete | 80 | 15 | / |
| Bweti | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bwote | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bwest | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bvete | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwett | 80 | 1 | / |
| Behewete | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bueter | 73 | 509 | / |
| Buethe | 73 | 343 | / |
| Bouete | 73 | 263 | / |
| Bhuete | 73 | 13 | / |
| Buette | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bwetty | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mpwete | 73 | 6 | / |
| Buetes | 73 | 4 | / |
| Buhete | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwhite | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bweita | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bwetta | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bbeite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buetet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwitte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwatte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweeta | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bueste | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bveite | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buetje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buetey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buetep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buehte | 73 | 0 | / |
| Buet | 67 | 5,030 | / |
| Bouette | 67 | 207 | / |
| Buether | 67 | 33 | / |
| Boueste | 67 | 27 | / |
| Buetter | 67 | 18 | / |
| Vwet | 67 | 14 | / |
| Buethep | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pwet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buester | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buettge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pweeter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bweheti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhuetey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouethe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buehter | 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 Bwete
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