Bakilana Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Botswana

Bakilana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakilana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4861:108,93310,547
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bakilana (23) may also be a first name.

Bakilana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bakilana is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakilana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 587,571st most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 13,698,395 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bakilana are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bakilana is also the 2,239,265th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

The surname Bakilana is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 108,933. In Tanzania Bakilana is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 93 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Bakilana Last Name Statistics demography

Bakilana earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 170.86% more than the national average, earning $116,875 USD per year.

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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 Bakilana
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