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
The surname Bakene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻦ, Russian: Бакене) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Bakene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakene? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,194,481st most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bakene live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bakene is also the 507,810th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 301 people.
Bakene is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 90 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Oyo, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common 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 | - |
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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 Bakene
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