Besiga Surname
Approximately 814 people bear this surname
Besiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 791 | 1:49,354 | 6,003 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Besiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Besiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Besiga is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Besiga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Besiga is the 424,982nd most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 8,952,759 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Besiga reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 791 people, or 1 in 49,354. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kyegegwa District, where 15 percent live, Ntungamo District, where 14 percent live and Ibanda District, where 13 percent live. Other than Uganda it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 1 percent live and Moldova, where 1 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 Besiga
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