Bigombe Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bigombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bigombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2041:191,36915,594
Cameroon1161:179,04418,906
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bigombe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bigombe occurs most in Uganda. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bigombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 849,693rd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. The last name Bigombe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bigombe live; 63 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Bigombe is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 191,369. In Uganda Bigombe is primarily concentrated in: Ntungamo District, where 19 percent are found, Isingiro District, where 17 percent are found and Mbarara District, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 36 percent are found and Hungary, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bigoumbe9345/
Biogoumbe881/
Bigomba8669/
Bigambe8653/
Bigembe8622/
Begombe864/
Baigambe802/
Bigombai801/
Bighamber752/
Baingumbe751/
Boyngombe751/
Bigumba71391/
Begambe7121/
Begombi7121/
Bigamba7111/
Begomba715/
Bigumbi713/
Bigambi712/
Begembe712/
Wigomba711/
Begambee6752/
Begumbee674/
Baigamba673/
Bigambhi671/
Begombay671/
Begamber671/
Begambajje591/
Wegomba5764/
Begamba5710/
Bigamwa571/
Begonba571/
Begambai535/
Begembay534/
Begambhi531/
Bhegambhi501/

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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 Bigombe
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