Bakene Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Bakene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 125 | 1:1,417,142 | 54,922 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Bakene (301) may also be a first name.
Bakene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻦ, Russian: Бакене) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakene is the 1,194,481st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Bakene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bakene reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakene is also the 507,810th most numerous first name globally, held by 301 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria Bakene is most numerous in: Ogun, where 90 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Oyo, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Bakene occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻦ | bkn | - |
| Bakene in the Russian language | ||
| Бакене | bakene | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bakene
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis