Gihanga Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gihanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gihanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gihanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gihanga is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gihanga? popularity and diffusion
Gihanga is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Gihanga are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Gihanga is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 4,337,698. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kisoro District, where 44 percent live, Kampala District, where 22 percent live and Buhweju District, where 11 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Brazil, where 7 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 Gihanga
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