Amuge Surname
Approximately 31,500 people bear this surname
Amuge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 31,164 | 1:1,253 | 143 |
| India | 243 | 1:3,156,648 | 92,962 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Amuge (54) may also be a first name.
Amuge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amuge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amuge (Marathi: अमुगे) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amuge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,586th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 231,351 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Amuge reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Amuge is also the 1,350,955th most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 54 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 31,164 people, or 1 in 1,253. In Uganda Amuge is most prevalent in: Serere District, where 9 percent are found, Apac District, where 8 percent are found and Katakwi District, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amuge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amuge in the Marathi language | ||
| अमुगे | amuge | 49.12 |
| आमुगे | amuge | 47.87 |
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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 Amuge
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