Bashingwa Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bashingwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bashingwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4291:123,40711,679
Burkina Faso61:3,058,68318,466
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bashingwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bashingwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bashingwa? popularity and diffusion

Bashingwa is the 676,370th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bashingwa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 429 people, or 1 in 123,407. In Tanzania Bashingwa is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent reside, Geita Region, where 1 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Bashingwa occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Basingwa949/
Bashungwa8958/
Bazingwa8228/
Basungwa8222/
Bosingwa8214/
Basingua824/
Basengwa821/
Bahasengwa741/
Bosengwa711/
Boosungwa671/
Basesemkwa531/

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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 Bashingwa
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