Lugobe Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Lugobe Surname User-submission:
The surname Lugobe belongs to Baganda tribe, Buganda Kingdom, Uganda. The Baganda are divided into clans. Each clan has it's own names and totem. In this case, the name Lugobe belongs to dog clan (Abaganda ab'ediira Embwa). The head of the Mbwa or Dog clan is known as Mutasingwa.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 526 | 1:74,219 | 8,144 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Lugobe Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Lugobe belongs to Baganda tribe, Buganda Kingdom, Uganda. The Baganda are divided into clans. Each clan has it's own names and totem. In this case, the name Lugobe belongs to dog clan (Abaganda ab'ediira Embwa). The head of the Mbwa or Dog clan is known as Mutasingwa. Therefore, meaning of the surname Lugobe from the Buganda and Baganda context is 'chasing', 'chase that illness', 'chase that thief', or 'chase that misfortune'.
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Where Does The Last Name Lugobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lugobe has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Lugobe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lugobe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 588,441st most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lugobe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Lugobe is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 74,219. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 26 percent are found, Kalungu District, where 17 percent are found and Kampala District, where 14 percent are found. Besides Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lugoobe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Lougoube | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lugobi | 83 | 775 | / |
| Lugoba | 83 | 412 | / |
| Lugube | 83 | 59 | / |
| Lugowe | 83 | 18 | / |
| Logobe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Lugabe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ligobe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lugove | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lungube | 77 | 29 | / |
| Lugooba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Lugovet | 77 | 3 | / |
| Lugoboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lugabet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luggobi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lugovets | 71 | 443 | / |
| Laugooby | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luga'abe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugovieh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugaba | 67 | 540 | / |
| Lugawe | 67 | 56 | / |
| Luguba | 67 | 37 | / |
| Lugowy | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lugowi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Lugovy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lugovi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lugave | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lugabi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Logoba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Logabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ligabe | 67 | 1 | / |
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