Birigwa Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Birigwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birigwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1511:258,53819,000
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States71:51,779,848968,877
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Birigwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birigwa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Birigwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,315,412th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Birigwa reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 258,538. In Uganda Birigwa is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent live, Buyende District, where 17 percent live and Kampala District, where 15 percent live. Apart from Uganda Birigwa exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biriggwa9323/
Biregwa862/
Birigwe861/
Birigua861/
Birikwa861/
Birhegwa804/
Bairigua801/
Mpirigwa801/
Birhingwe751/
Viregwa7175/
Birigui7146/
Birigbo7119/
Birekwa7116/
Berigwe713/
Birukwa711/
Biricua711/
Birigue711/
Berigua711/
Berzigua671/
Beiricua671/
Birrigui671/
Beriskwa671/
Boirigui671/

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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 Birigwa
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