Bigira Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Bigira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 173 | 1:225,661 | 17,396 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bigira (52) may also be a first name.
Bigira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bigira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bigira occurs most in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bigira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 722,496th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bigira are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bigira is also the 1,381,723rd most prevalent forename worldwide, held by 52 people.
Bigira is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 225,661. In Uganda Bigira is most prevalent in: Kisoro District, where 36 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 9 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 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 Bigira
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