Luganje Surname
Approximately 1,117 people bear this surname
Luganje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 888 | 1:52,004 | 5,251 |
| Tanzania | 228 | 1:232,200 | 19,111 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Luganje (127) may also be a first name.
Luganje Demographics
Luganje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Luganje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luganje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luganje occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luganje? popularity and diffusion
Luganje is the 331,287th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,524,213 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luganje live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Luganje is also the 825,494th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 127 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 888 people, or 1 in 52,004. In Kenya Luganje is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 51 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 27 percent are found and Kwale County, where 19 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and South Korea, where 0 percent are found.
Luganje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Luganje
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