Bigilwa Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bigilwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bigilwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bigilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bigilwa is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigilwa? popularity and diffusion
Bigilwa is the 5,057,639th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bigilwa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Bigilwa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania Bigilwa is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 57 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 14 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 47 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 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 Bigilwa
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