Bikuwa Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bikuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bikuwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1681:232,37717,736
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663

Bikuwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bikuwa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bikuwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,300,225th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name Bikuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bikuwa reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 168 people, or 1 in 232,377. In Uganda Bikuwa is primarily concentrated in: Buyende District, where 42 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 18 percent reside and Namutumba District, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Bikuwa occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bikouwa921/
Bekuwa8387/
Bikiwa8331/
Bikuwe834/
Bikouba7710/
Bikueva773/
Bikihwa771/
Bekouwa771/
Baikoowa711/
Bikubi67157/
Bekiwa6727/
Bekuwe677/
Bekuwo671/
Bikowo671/
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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 Bikuwa
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