Lugamba Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lugamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lugamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1351:392,16027,960
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Uganda451:867,54039,905
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lugamba (77) may also be a first name.

Lugamba Last Name Facts

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

Lugamba is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lugamba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lugamba is the 998,609th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lugamba live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 77 people.

The surname Lugamba is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 392,160. In Tanzania Lugamba is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 93 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 3 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lungamba93268/
Lougamba939/
Lugambo86503/
Ligamba86469/
Lugomba86465/
Lugemba86286/
Lugambi865/
Lugamwa865/
Lugambe864/
Logamba861/
Lungambo80342/
Lungambi8083/
Lungomba8068/
Ligammba8034/
Lougemba809/
Lungambe801/
Loughemba754/
Lougoumba751/
Ligomba711,140/
Lugombo7187/
Lugombe7157/
Logomba715/
Ligambo711/
Lugombi711/
Lughombe67132/
Lungombo6741/
Lungombi675/
Lungombe674/
Lung'ombe632/
Ligombo5771/
Logombe5719/
Lugomwa5712/
Luganvi5712/
Lugonwa576/
Luganve571/
Logombie531/

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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 Lugamba
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