Bantegye Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bantegye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bantegye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
England11:55,718,059489,080

Bantegye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bantegye is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bantegye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Bantegye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Bantegye are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kyankwanzi District, where 33 percent are found, Ntungamo District, where 33 percent are found and Rubirizi District, where 33 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bantegyye941/
Bantege932/
Wantegye8831/
Bantegya881/
Wanteegye821/
Bantega8017/
Bantegui75272/
Bonteger752/
Wantegyi751/
Banteega751/
Bonteget750/
Bantigi6712/
Bantige671/
Bantiga671/
Bantigui6338/
Bantigie634/
Bonthige5061/
Bontigui5039/
Bontedja501/

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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 Bantegye
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