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 borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bikonya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 818,364th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bikonya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 21 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 332 people, or 1 in 159,463. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 78 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

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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