Bakire Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Bakire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Algeria | 7 | 1:5,518,793 | 51,529 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Bakire (255) may also be a first name.
Bakire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakire occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,125,333rd most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bakire are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 557,860th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 255 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 121,595. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 52 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 41 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 16 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 Bakire
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