Balikowa Surname
Approximately 6,812 people bear this surname
Balikowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,810 | 1:5,733 | 1,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Balikowa (112) may also be a first name.
Balikowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balikowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balikowa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balikowa.
How Common Is The Last Name Balikowa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 72,381st most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,069,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Balikowa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Balikowa is also the 885,979th most common first name at a global level, held by 112 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,810 people, or 1 in 5,733. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Mayuge District, where 18 percent reside, Bugiri District, where 16 percent reside and Buyende District, where 10 percent reside. Besides Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Balikowa
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