Bakevya Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Burundi

Bakevya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakevya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Bakevya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakevya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bakevya is found most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakevya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakevya live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 44 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 44 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Burundi, where 29 percent are found and Rwanda, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakebya862/
Bakovia711/
Bakivea711/
Backovia671/
Bacovia574/
Wakibya572/
Vachevea532/
Bochevia531/
Bachibya531/
Bakawujja501/

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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 Bakevya
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