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 has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. Bakye is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Bakye reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda Bakye is mostly concentrated in: Rukungiri District, where 19 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 17 percent are found and Kamwenge District, where 8 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs 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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