Bakwana Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Bakwana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 118 | 1:330,841 | 22,179 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bakwana (14) may also be a first name.
Bakwana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bakwana is found most in Uganda. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Bakwana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,206,588th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The surname Bakwana is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakwana reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bakwana is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 330,841. In Uganda Bakwana is mostly found in: Nakasongola District, where 48 percent reside, Kiryandongo District, where 18 percent reside and Masindi District, where 14 percent reside. Barring Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 17 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 Bakwana
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