Luganga Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Luganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 499 | 1:106,095 | 10,310 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Luganga (24) may also be a first name.
Luganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luganga is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luganga.
How Common Is The Last Name Luganga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 556,360th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name Luganga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luganga reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name Luganga is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 499 people, or 1 in 106,095. In Tanzania Luganga is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 22 percent reside and Njombe Region, where 22 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunganga | 93 | 3,461 | / |
| Lugana | 92 | 290 | / |
| Lugaga | 92 | 112 | / |
| Lung'anga | 88 | 2 | / |
| Liganga | 86 | 2,157 | / |
| Lugagay | 86 | 495 | / |
| Lungana | 86 | 344 | / |
| Lugange | 86 | 116 | / |
| Lugonga | 86 | 35 | / |
| Laugana | 86 | 19 | / |
| Lugango | 86 | 15 | / |
| Luganap | 86 | 12 | / |
| Luganha | 86 | 9 | / |
| Loganga | 86 | 5 | / |
| Luganay | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lugaaga | 86 | 3 | / |
| Luganad | 86 | 2 | / |
| Luganna | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luganas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lugaina | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lugaana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lugangi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lughana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lougana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lauganas | 80 | 275 | / |
| Lungange | 80 | 254 | / |
| Lungangi | 80 | 186 | / |
| Lungonga | 80 | 34 | / |
| Lunganay | 80 | 23 | / |
| Lugangis | 80 | 23 | / |
| Logangga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lugaygay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlungana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loungana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lugano | 77 | 5,863 | / |
| Logana | 77 | 135 | / |
| Lugoga | 77 | 11 | / |
| Lungganay | 75 | 28 | / |
| Lung'ange | 75 | 5 | / |
| Lunghange | 75 | 4 | / |
| Luigganay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lunghonga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lugoninga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lugongo | 71 | 6,094 | / |
| Logagay | 71 | 250 | / |
| Lughano | 71 | 137 | / |
| Loungounga | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lugaino | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lugahno | 71 | 4 | / |
| Logangi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Lungaga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Logango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Loghana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ligonga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lougano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Logonga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugonge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugooga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ligango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugong'o | 67 | 5 | / |
| Logaygay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lunghano | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ligangoi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Luganga
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