Bakanai Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Bakanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bakanai (6) may also be a first name.
Bakanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakanai occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakanai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakanai is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 83 percent of Bakanai reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Bakanai is also the 4,967,096th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 6 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Bakanai is most common in: Milne Bay, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
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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 Bakanai
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