Bakaluba Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bakaluba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakaluba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3881:100,61710,104
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Bakaluba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bakaluba is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakaluba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 726,304th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name Bakaluba is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bakaluba live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Bakaluba is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 100,617. In Uganda Bakaluba is most common in: Wakiso District, where 23 percent reside, Kampala District, where 19 percent reside and Mukono District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakkaluba941/
Bakaluuba941/
Bakeluba8821/
Bakalubi8821/
Bakalumpa82219/
Bakalibai826/
Bakoloba7521/
Becaluba757/
Bokaliba751/
Bakalumpe711/
Bakolobe631/
Bokolobe501/

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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
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  • 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 Bakaluba
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