Higaya Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Higaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Higaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Higaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Higaya is most common in Uganda. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Higaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Higaya reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Higaya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 796,720. In Uganda Higaya is mostly concentrated in: Butaleja District, where 82 percent live, Kampala District, where 10 percent live and Bugiri District, where 2 percent live. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 2 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 Higaya
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