Bakye Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Bakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Bakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakye is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakye is the 2,909,720th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Bakye live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda Bakye is primarily concentrated in: Rukungiri District, where 19 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 17 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Bakye exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 7 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Bakye
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