Bikonya Surname

818,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bikonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bikonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3321:159,46314,279
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Bikonya (21) may also be a first name.

Bikonya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bikonya (Russian: Биконя) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bikonya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 818,364th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bikonya reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 159,463. In Tanzania Bikonya is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 78 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 22 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bykonya86652/
Bikanya86106/
Bikonyo8610/
Bikunya861/
Bekonya861/
Bidkanya807/
Boikanya802/
Beikanya801/
Bekonja71117/
Bykonia7175/
Bikanja7158/
Bekanya7156/
Biconia7114/
Bikania712/
Vikonia711/
Bikonjo711/
Bekunya711/
Boikanyo677,760/
Beykanya6714/
Biokanyo673/
Bekkanya672/
Baikanyo671/
Bicoonyo671/
Buikanyo671/
Mpekonya671/

Bikonya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bikonya in the Russian language
Биконяbikona-

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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 Bikonya
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