Bwosi Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Bwosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Bwosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwosi is most common in Kenya. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwosi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,589,322nd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname Bwosi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwosi are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Bwosi is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 49 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 43 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 7 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bwoshi | 91 | 9 | / |
| Buosi | 80 | 3,468 | / |
| Bwogi | 80 | 1,636 | / |
| Bwasi | 80 | 93 | / |
| Bwoji | 80 | 35 | / |
| Bwose | 80 | 11 | / |
| Bwashi | 73 | 364 | / |
| Bwoogi | 73 | 32 | / |
| Bwesai | 73 | 19 | / |
| Bwoggi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bweshi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwatsi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bwassi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Buossi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bwooji | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buotsi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwodzi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buosit | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buosai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buosis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bwosha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buoscio | 67 | 163 | / |
| Bwatshi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwoojji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpwossi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhasi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buossio | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bwosi
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