Bakunda Surname

93,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bakunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,2021:17,7292,716
Tanzania1,7051:31,0513,676
DR Congo1,1291:65,4387,718
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
France81:8,302,840321,660
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Bakunda (436) may also be a first name.

Bakunda Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bakunda (Hindi: बाकुंडा, Oriya: ବାକୁା) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakunda? popularity and diffusion

It is the 93,808th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,433,992 people. Bakunda is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bakunda reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 410,680th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 436 people.

The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 2,202 people, or 1 in 17,729. In Uganda Bakunda is most prevalent in: Kamwenge District, where 11 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 10 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bakunda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bakunda in the Hindi language
बाकुंडाbakunda-
Bakunda in the Oriya language
ବାକୁାbakua-

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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
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  • 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 Bakunda
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