Gasigwa Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Gasigwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gasigwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2071:188,59615,445
DR Congo1501:492,53039,325
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Gasigwa (110) may also be a first name.

Gasigwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gasigwa has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gasigwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gasigwa is the 751,291st most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gasigwa reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 110 people.

This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 207 people, or 1 in 188,596. In Uganda Gasigwa is most common in: Kisoro District, where 53 percent are found, Kampala District, where 14 percent are found and Kyankwanzi District, where 6 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 39 percent are found and Rwanda, where 4 percent are found.

Gasigwa Last Name Statistics demography

Gasigwa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.03% less than the national average, earning $23,719 USD per year.

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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 Gasigwa
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