Bamwesigye Surname

196,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bamwesigye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamwesigye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,1191:18,4232,783
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bamwesigye (10) may also be a first name.

Bamwesigye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bamwesigye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamwesigye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 196,716th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,421,383 people. The surname Bamwesigye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bamwesigye reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bamwesigye is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

The last name Bamwesigye is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,119 people, or 1 in 18,423. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Ntungamo District, where 20 percent are found, Mbarara District, where 15 percent are found and Sheema District, where 12 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bamwesige9534/
Bamwesiigye956/
Bamwesiggye951/
Bamwetsigye951/
Bamuwesigye951/
Banwesigye901/
Bamwesiga84259/
Bamasagi561/

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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 Bamwesigye
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