Bakwiye Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Bakwiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bakwiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakwiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakwiye occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakwiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name Bakwiye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakwiye are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 426,948. In Tanzania Bakwiye is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent live and Katavi Region, where 3 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakwye | 92 | 2 | / |
| Bakwie | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bakwuye | 86 | 118 | / |
| Bakwaye | 86 | 54 | / |
| Bakwoye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bakweye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bakwueye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bakwai | 77 | 1,718 | / |
| Bakwey | 77 | 42 | / |
| Bakway | 77 | 25 | / |
| Bakwei | 77 | 12 | / |
| Bakwoy | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bakwui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakweu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakwea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakwae | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakwoi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Backway | 71 | 142 | / |
| Bakwaya | 71 | 42 | / |
| Bakweyi | 71 | 21 | / |
| Bakkwai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bakwiji | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bakweya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bakhwai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bakwayo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bakuaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bagwije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bankwoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bankwui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakweue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakweha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bakuoie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bokweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baakwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baikwoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baigboye | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bakhwaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bankwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baekwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bangwoye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bakwiye
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