Bamuhiga Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bamuhiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamuhiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda5181:75,3658,231
Tanzania3481:152,13113,783
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bamuhiga (18) may also be a first name.

Bamuhiga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bamuhiga is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamuhiga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 403,960th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bamuhiga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bamuhiga is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.

Bamuhiga is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 518 people, or 1 in 75,365. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kabarole District, where 14 percent are found, Ntoroko District, where 14 percent are found and Kyenjojo District, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 40 percent are found and Rwanda, where 0 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
  • 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 Bamuhiga
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