Girukwayo Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Girukwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Girukwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girukwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Girukwayo occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Girukwayo.
How Common Is The Last Name Girukwayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Girukwayo is the 1,518,885th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The last name Girukwayo occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Girukwayo live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 117 people, or 1 in 333,669. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Kisoro District, where 73 percent live, Kyankwanzi District, where 9 percent live and Kampala District, where 6 percent live. Apart from Uganda Girukwayo occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 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 Girukwayo
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