Basigazi Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Basigazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Basigazi 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
Tanzania981:540,22134,788
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710

Basigazi Last Name Facts

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

Basigazi is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Basigazi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,806,862nd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basigazi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 540,221. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 96 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Tanzania Basigazi is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 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
Batsigazi9427/
Basigaza88121/
Bashigaze821/
Basigage751/
Bacigaze751/
Basigochi7160/
Bashegezi7127/
Bashigage714/
Besigesi634/
Bacigeze631/
Bacigochi591/
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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 Basigazi
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