Lugongo Surname

79,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,094 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lugongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lugongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5,9631:8,8781,172
Kenya711:650,42129,207
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Lugongo (81) may also be a first name.

Lugongo Last Name Facts

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

Lugongo occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lugongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lugongo is the 79,980th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,195,856 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lugongo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 81 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 5,963 people, or 1 in 8,878. In Tanzania Lugongo is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 28 percent live, Lindi Region, where 26 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 15 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lungongo93170/
Lugong'o935/
Lugogo921,079/
Lugono92975/
Lung'ongo882/
Ligongo8647/
Lugonga8635/
Lugango8615/
Logongo864/
Lougogo862/
Lugogoh861/
Lugogoy861/
Lugoogo861/
Lungonga8034/
Lungungo801/
Lugona77334/
Lugoga7711/
Logogo772/
Lugoninga751/
Lunghonga751/
Luganga71572/
Lugunga71101/
Ligango711/
Lugooga711/
Logonga711/
Logango711/
Ligonga711/
Lunghano672/
Lougouna672/
Logounoi671/
Ligangoi671/

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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 Lugongo
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