Kyagaba Surname

186,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kyagaba Surname User-submission:

The Kyagaba surname comes from the word kugaba, which means 'what god has given'.

Kyagaba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,2611:17,2662,655
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kyagaba (19) may also be a first name.

Kyagaba Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kyagaba surname comes from the word kugaba, which means 'what god has given'.

- kyagababob
DNA test information

Kyagaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kyagaba has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kyagaba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 186,039th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,200,503 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kyagaba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,261 people, or 1 in 17,266. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found, Kampala District, where 13 percent are found and Mukono District, where 8 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kyangaba934/
Kyagaaba931/
Kyogaba8661/
Kyagoba863/
Kiagaba861/
Kyangabo80106/
Kiagava711/
Kiangampa634/
Kajogabou631/
Kiangampha598/

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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
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  • 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 Kyagaba
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