Bakanye Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bakanye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakanye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Bakanye Last Name Facts

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

Bakanye occurs most in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bakanye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakanye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakanye live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda Bakanye is primarily concentrated in: Kyankwanzi District, where 18 percent are found, Masindi District, where 18 percent are found and Mubende District, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Bakanye
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