Bakessa Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Bakessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 47 | 1:441,895 | 37,035 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bakessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakessa is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bakessa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakessa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakessa live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 96 percent reside, East Region, where 2 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 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 Bakessa
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