Bwimba Surname
Approximately 354 people bear this surname
Bwimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 179 | 1:295,763 | 22,969 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
Bwimba (71) may also be a first name.
Bwimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwimba is found most in Tanzania. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwimba? popularity and diffusion
Bwimba is the 794,916th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwimba live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bwimba is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 71 people.
The surname Bwimba is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 295,763. In Tanzania Bwimba is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 67 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent are found and Rwanda, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bwimba
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