Balekere Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Balekere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balekere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda241:1,626,63757,482
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Balekere (11) may also be a first name.

Balekere Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Balekere Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Balekere is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Balekere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Balekere reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Balekere is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 11 people.

The last name Balekere is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Buikwe District, where 29 percent live, Kampala District, where 21 percent live and Namutumba District, where 13 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

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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 Balekere
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