Bakengesa Surname
Approximately 602 people bear this surname
Bakengesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 343 | 1:154,349 | 13,932 |
| Uganda | 149 | 1:262,009 | 19,164 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bakengesa (21) may also be a first name.
Bakengesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakengesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakengesa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakengesa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakengesa is the 535,476th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. Bakengesa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakengesa live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bakengesa is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name in the world, held by 21 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 154,349. In Tanzania Bakengesa is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 62 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakengesha | 95 | 96 | / |
| Bakengeza | 89 | 555 | / |
| Bakengisa | 89 | 144 | / |
| Bakenesha | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bakengeshi | 84 | 55 | / |
| Bakengueza | 84 | 1 | / |
| Badkngesha | 84 | 1 | / |
| Bacenesa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bakenguissa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Bakengoso | 78 | 4 | / |
| Bakinguissa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Bakingisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boukenissa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Boukhenissa | 60 | 1 | / |
| Boukhennissa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bakinyeza | 56 | 2 | / |
| Boukenicha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Boukhenicha | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Bakengesa
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