Bakanyire Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Bakanyire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 276 | 1:141,447 | 12,741 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bakanyire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakanyire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakanyire is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakanyire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakanyire are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 141,447. In Uganda Bakanyire is most common in: Ntungamo District, where 15 percent reside, Bushenyi District, where 12 percent reside and Kiruhura District, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bakanyire
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