Candiga Surname

143,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,089 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Candiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Candiga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3,0841:12,6592,073
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Candiga (48) may also be a first name.

Candiga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Candiga is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Candiga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 143,929th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,359,193 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Candiga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Candiga is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 48 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 3,084 people, or 1 in 12,659. In Uganda Candiga is most common in: Yumbe District, where 33 percent live, Arua District, where 31 percent live and Koboko District, where 20 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Candiga
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