Wasikye Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Wasikye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 219 | 1:178,262 | 14,925 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Wasikye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasikye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wasikye is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasikye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,101,507th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wasikye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Wasikye is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 178,262. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Mbale District, where 76 percent are found, Bulambuli District, where 7 percent are found and Bududa District, where 7 percent are found. Beside Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wassikye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Basikye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wasikey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wesikye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Basikiye | 80 | 41 | / |
| Bashikye | 80 | 21 | / |
| Wassikie | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wassikee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wasikoyo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wasikhoya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basikie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wasikaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bashekye | 67 | 249 | / |
| Vasuikay | 67 | 39 | / |
| Basekuye | 67 | 29 | / |
| Basuikay | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vasikhae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Basikayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Basekeye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Basekaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beisikye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wasikye
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