Louga Surname
Approximately 814 people bear this surname
Louga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 269 | 1:145,127 | 12,981 |
| Ivory Coast | 252 | 1:91,553 | 4,818 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Burkina Faso | 93 | 1:197,334 | 4,339 |
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Louga (363) may also be a first name.
Louga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Louga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Louga (Arabic: وغا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﻛﻰ, Hindi: लौगा) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Louga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 424,982nd most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,952,759 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Louga live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 35 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 456,894th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 363 people.
The last name Louga is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 145,127. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Napak District, where 51 percent are found, Moyo District, where 17 percent are found and Adjumani District, where 14 percent are found. Barring Uganda it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 14 percent are found.
Louga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Louga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Louga last name declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Louga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Louga in the Hindi language | ||
| लौगा | lauga | - |
| Louga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮﻛﻰ | lwky | 33.33 |
| ﻟﻮﻛﻪ | lwkh | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻮﻛﻪ | allwkh | 33.33 |
| Louga in the Arabic language | ||
| وغا | wgha | - |
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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 Louga
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