Bwome Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Bwome Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bwome Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1261:366,50721,229
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Bwome Demographics

Bwome Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Bwome Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bwome Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bwome is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwome? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,558,593rd most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwome reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Bwome is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 366,507. In Kenya Bwome is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 51 percent live, Kakamega County, where 48 percent live and Vihiga County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Bwome Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Bwome surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwomeh911/
Bwom8910/
Bwame80461/
Bwoma80266/
Bweme8081/
Bwomi809/
Buome806/
Bwgom801/
Buhome7355/
Bwooma7321/
Buomie7318/
Bweeme734/
Buomey734/
Bwoomi732/
Bwouma732/
Buom6714,790/
Bwam6748/
Bouhome6719/
Bouhame6717/
Vbom671/
Vwom671/
Pwom671/
Bbom671/
Buomedh671/
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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 Bwome
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