Bwetu Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Bwetu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
Bwetu (36) may also be a first name.
Bwetu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwetu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwetu occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwetu? popularity and diffusion
Bwetu is the 703,644th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Bwetu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwetu are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
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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 Bwetu
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