Bwijo Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Bwijo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Bwijo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwijo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bwijo is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwijo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bwijo is the 1,658,108th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwijo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania Bwijo is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 94 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwio | 89 | 2 | / |
| Bwija | 80 | 789 | / |
| Bwiso | 80 | 450 | / |
| Bwojo | 80 | 83 | / |
| Bwije | 80 | 33 | / |
| Bwizo | 80 | 28 | / |
| Bwiho | 80 | 27 | / |
| Bwajo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bbijo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buijo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bwoojo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bwaizo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwijya | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwioah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bwijje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwijia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwojjo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwuiso | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwaija | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwaiso | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bweiso | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buijoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buijoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwidja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bhwiej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwijii | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwijja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwai | 67 | 670 | / |
| Buio | 67 | 275 | / |
| Bwoi | 67 | 125 | / |
| Bwei | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bwie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bwyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bwoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pwio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vbjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwaj | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bwijo
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