Hiriga Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Hiriga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Hiriga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiriga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hiriga occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiriga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hiriga is the 1,701,480th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. Hiriga is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Hiriga reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 476,089. In Uganda it is most common in: Butaleja District, where 95 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 2 percent are found and Namutumba District, where 1 percent are found. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in French Polynesia, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 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 Hiriga
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