Bwisho Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Bwisho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 145 | 1:269,236 | 19,482 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
Bwisho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwisho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwisho occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bwisho.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwisho? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwisho are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Bwisho is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 269,236. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kiruhura District, where 21 percent live, Ntungamo District, where 20 percent live and Rukungiri District, where 9 percent live. Other than Uganda Bwisho is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwiso | 91 | 450 | / |
| Bwisha | 83 | 466 | / |
| Bwisso | 83 | 6 | / |
| Bweiso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwaiso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwuiso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwicho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwesho | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwitsha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buhisho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bwisa | 73 | 190 | / |
| Bwizo | 73 | 28 | / |
| Buiso | 73 | 27 | / |
| Bweso | 73 | 23 | / |
| Bbiso | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vbiso | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buisha | 67 | 1,409 | / |
| Bwicha | 67 | 153 | / |
| Bwaisa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Bwesha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Puisho | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bvicho | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bwaizo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buhiso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Buisso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pwisha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwitsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwisas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bbisso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buisoy | 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 Bwisho
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis