Laguma Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Laguma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Laguma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1851:292,85228,409
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
India121:63,922,115578,870
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Laguma (34) may also be a first name.

Laguma Last Name Facts

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

Laguma (Russian: Лагума) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Laguma? popularity and diffusion

The surname Laguma is the 790,102nd most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Laguma reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 34 people.

Laguma is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 292,852. In South Africa Laguma is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 85 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live and Gauteng, where 3 percent live. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 36 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.

Laguma Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Laguma earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning R 231,360 per year and in Colombia they earn 21.45% more than the national average, earning $27,571,900 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lagumay92119/
Languma9249/
Lagouma928/
Lagusma925/
Lagumas924/
Langouma862/
Lagummay861/
Lagumgay861/
Lyanguma861/
Lagumapp861/
Lagumo83262/
Loguma8399/
Leguma8388/
Lagoma8362/
Lagima836/
Lagumi834/
Lagume831/
Langgumay804/
Laghuisma801/
Longuma7728/
Logouma7728/
Lagomma778/
Lagumes773/
Llagumo772/
Lagumoy771/
Langumi771/
Laigoma771/
Lagoumi771/
Lagumoh771/
Lougouma711,070/
Lagoumis7118/
Langoume717/
Legima67147/
Logoma6725/
Lagomo679/
Lagimo679/
Logima675/
Logumo673/
Laghoumes671/
Lagome671/
Lougoumma671/

Laguma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Laguma in the Russian language
Лагумаlaguma-

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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
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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 Laguma
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