Bayiga Surname
Approximately 2,883 people bear this surname
Bayiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,330 | 1:16,755 | 2,597 |
| Cameroon | 470 | 1:44,190 | 5,824 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bayiga (68) may also be a first name.
Bayiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bayiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bayiga has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bayiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bayiga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 152,611th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,527,765 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bayiga live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bayiga is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 68 people.
The surname Bayiga is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,330 people, or 1 in 16,755. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent are found, Kampala District, where 14 percent are found and Mukono District, where 13 percent are found. Beside Uganda it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Bayiga
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