Basajja Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Basajja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Basajja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5151:75,8048,270
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Basajja (34) may also be a first name.

Basajja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Basajja occurs most in Uganda. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basajja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 600,164th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,068,621 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Basajja are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Basajja is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 34 people.

The surname Basajja is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 75,804. In Uganda Basajja is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent reside, Kampala District, where 14 percent reside and Mubende District, where 7 percent reside. Other than Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, 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
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  • 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 Basajja
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