Bakanda Surname

422,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 820 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bakanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo7661:96,44910,884
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bakanda (56) may also be a first name.

Bakanda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bakanda (Hindi: बाकंडा, Oriya: ବାକା, Russian: Баканда) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakanda? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 422,566th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bakanda reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 56 people.

The surname Bakanda is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 766 people, or 1 in 96,449. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bakanda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bakanda in the Hindi language
बाकंडाbakanda-
Bakanda in the Oriya language
ବାକାbaka-
Bakanda in the Russian language
Бакандаbakanda-

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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 Bakanda
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