Bigamba Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bigamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bigamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Bigamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bigamba is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bigamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bigamba live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Bigamba is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Bigamba
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis