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 more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Basoga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 120,667th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,918,280 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Basoga are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 694,534th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 173 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 3,537 people, or 1 in 11,037. In Uganda it is most common in: Mayuge District, where 17 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 15 percent reside and Kaliro District, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 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
- 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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