Biza

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Invitation

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/biθa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Biza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mozambique than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MZMozambique≈1 in 8.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 53K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 159K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mozambique (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
30 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Mozambique, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Invitation.

Sources 1

  • The African book of names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Biza counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Biza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MZ Mozambique#993≈3,500 est.≈1 in 8.6K—Biza3
ZA South Africa—≈360 est.≈1 in 159K—Biza5
CZ Czechia—2031 in 53K203——
AR Argentina—1171 in 389K117Biza30
US United States—1111 in 3M147Biza10
DK Denmark—171 in 345K17——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Biza is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Bíza

  • Czech surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Bíza, Bíža, Biža

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Congo - Brazzaville

    Also written Bïzä, Bizà, Bïzã, Bizā, Bíza

  • Amharic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Morocco

    Also written ቢዛ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bíza, Bíža

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria

    Also written Bīzā, Bíza

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Biza is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ビザ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nxg, tear up, rip to pieces

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In nr, to call

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In chb, snail

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Hausa, visa

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Biza,Dear Biza, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Biza,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Biza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020147#123,144
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—117—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010111#148,347
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000107#142,819
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—17#26,262
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—5#122,139
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—5#20,719
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Biza mean, and where does it come from?
Invitation. Recorded by The African book of names.
How do you pronounce Biza?
A machine transcription gives /biθa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
In which country does Biza have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Biza in Mozambique, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled biza.
How common is the name Biza?
In Czechia, the national register counted 203 people named Biza, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.
How common is Biza compared with other names?
In Mozambique, Biza is the 993rd most common surname of 2,021 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Biza” — the 993rd most common surname in Mozambique. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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