Bwesigye Surname

547,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bwesigye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bwesigye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5771:67,6597,589
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bwesigye Last Name Facts

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

Bwesigye is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bwesigye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 547,713th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bwesigye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Bwesigye is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 577 people, or 1 in 67,659. In Uganda Bwesigye is most common in: Ibanda District, where 12 percent live, Isingiro District, where 11 percent live and Ntungamo District, where 11 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bwessigye941/
Besigye934,936/
Bwesige93131/
Byesigye8813/
Beesigye8813/
Besiigye885/
Besigyee881/
Buwsigye881/
Bwesiige881/
Besige8664/
Busigye801,105/
Bisigye807/
Basigye805/
Byesige802/
Bessige801/
Besiege801/
Bwisige801/
Besge772/
Basigiye75126/
Besseige7547/
Busiigye7514/
Bisigiye754/
Buusigye751/
Busige7146/
Buesge7132/
Basige7131/
Bisige7115/
Besgie717/
Besage715/
Bosige711/
Basigyiye711/
Besigi711/
Bessege67109/
Bousige6737/
Buzigye6736/
Bhasige6732/
Bessuge6725/
Basiege679/
Basigyi676/
Busiige673/
Bwesega672/
Busigyo671/
Bessège671/
Bizigye671/
Bisiige671/
Bessage671/
Biesage671/
Boswige671/
Bosaige671/
Bayezigiye671/
Bazigye671/
Bueshingeh671/
Bwegege671/
Bwaigigi509/

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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 Bwesigye
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