Aligaweesa Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Aligaweesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aligaweesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1491:262,00919,164
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Aligaweesa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aligaweesa occurs most in Uganda. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Aligaweesa.

How Common Is The Last Name Aligaweesa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Aligaweesa is the 1,428,594th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Aligaweesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Aligaweesa reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 262,009. In Uganda it is most common in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent are found, Kampala District, where 15 percent are found and Mityana District, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Aligaweesa
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