Balanyikwa Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Balanyikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 218 | 1:242,851 | 19,731 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
Balanyikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balanyikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Balanyikwa is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balanyikwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Balanyikwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 242,851. In Tanzania Balanyikwa is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 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 Balanyikwa
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