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
Bigira is found most in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bigira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bigira reside; 49 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 52 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 225,661. In Uganda Bigira is primarily found in: Kisoro District, where 36 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 9 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 6 percent reside. Not including Uganda it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found 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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