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 surname Bakengesa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakengesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakengesa is the 535,476th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakengesa are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bakengesa is also the 2,368,944th most widespread first name globally, borne by 21 people.
Bakengesa is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 154,349. In Tanzania Bakengesa is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 62 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside.
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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