Basoga Surname
Approximately 3,799 people bear this surname
Basoga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,537 | 1:11,037 | 1,847 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Basoga (173) may also be a first name.
Basoga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Basoga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Basoga is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basoga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Basoga is the 120,667th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,918,280 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Basoga reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 173 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,537 people, or 1 in 11,037. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 17 percent live, Kamuli District, where 15 percent live and Kaliro District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Basoga
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