Kagalama Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kagalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagalama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda371:1,055,11644,846
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653

Kagalama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kagalama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kagalama is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagalama? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kagalama reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Gomba District, where 30 percent live, Wakiso District, where 27 percent live and Kalungu District, where 5 percent live. Outside of Uganda it is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 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 Kagalama
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