Bwiruka Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Bwiruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 465 | 1:83,955 | 8,895 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Bwiruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwiruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bwiruka occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bwiruka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwiruka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,032nd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. Bwiruka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwiruka reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Bwiruka is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 465 people, or 1 in 83,955. In Uganda Bwiruka is most frequent in: Buhweju District, where 12 percent reside, Ntungamo District, where 11 percent reside and Mbarara District, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and China, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bwiruka
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