Gwigo Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gwigo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gwigo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwigo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gwigo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwigo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwigo are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gwigo is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,697,360. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 100 percent are found. Beside Uganda it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gwigo
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