Bakanga Surname
Approximately 957 people bear this surname
Bakanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 746 | 1:99,034 | 11,142 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Congo | 82 | 1:60,843 | 5,526 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bakanga (150) may also be a first name.
Bakanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakanga is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakanga? popularity and diffusion
Bakanga is the 374,335th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,614,991 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakanga reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bakanga is also the 752,187th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 150 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 746 people, or 1 in 99,034. Without taking into account The DR Congo Bakanga is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and The Congo, where 9 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 Bakanga
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