Bwomezi Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bwomezi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwomezi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1731:225,66117,396
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Bwomezi Last Name Facts

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

Bwomezi is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwomezi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bwomezi is the 1,281,391st most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bwomezi reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Bwomezi is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 225,661. In Uganda Bwomezi is most common in: Ibanda District, where 40 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 40 percent reside and Kiruhura District, where 6 percent reside. Beside Uganda Bwomezi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwomeezi9311/
Bwomeizi931/
Bwemezi864/
Bwomeza862/
Bouhamezi751/
Bwameze711/
Bwamizi711/
Bwamigi571/
Bwamisi571/
Bwamichi536/

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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 Bwomezi
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