Bakobwa Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bakobwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakobwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Bakobwa Last Name Facts

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

Bakobwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakobwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bakobwa is the 5,812,366th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakobwa live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bushenyi District, where 11 percent live, Gomba District, where 11 percent live and Kampala District, where 11 percent live. Other than Uganda Bakobwa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakoobwa934/
Bakebwa86456/
Bakubwa861/
Bakobwe861/
Bakeebwa8070/
Baekebwa8021/
Baakebwa801/
Baikebwa801/
Bakahabwa758/
Bakebua7182/
Bakapwa711/
Bakabua711/
Bokobwe711/
Bakhabba675/
Baykovva671/
Bakhabbaj632/
Bakkubbai631/
Bakapua57164/
Vakabua57128/

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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 Bakobwa
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