Basambya Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Basambya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Basambya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Basambya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Basambya occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basambya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Basambya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basambya live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kasese District, where 97 percent live and Kampala District, where 3 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Basambea88164/
Basambia8841/
Wasambya881/
Wassambya821/
Basombea7521/
Vasambea754/
Wasambea751/
Wasambia751/
Bosambea751/
Bosambia751/
Wosambia6334/
Vosambea634/
Bosembia634/
Wazambia631/
Vosambia631/
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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 Basambya
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