Luguma Surname
Approximately 498 people bear this surname
Luguma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 270 | 1:196,080 | 16,774 |
| Uganda | 121 | 1:322,639 | 21,815 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 1:426,618 | 34,019 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Luguma (170) may also be a first name.
Luguma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luguma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luguma is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luguma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 617,991st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Luguma live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 701,320th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 170 people.
The surname Luguma is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 196,080. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Simiyu Region, where 60 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 34 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Luguma exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunguma | 92 | 1,042 | / |
| Lugumas | 92 | 2 | / |
| Lugumai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lougouma | 86 | 1,070 | / |
| Lungguma | 86 | 7 | / |
| Lugoma | 83 | 949 | / |
| Liguma | 83 | 111 | / |
| Loguma | 83 | 99 | / |
| Lugima | 83 | 43 | / |
| Lugumi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Lugumo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lougoumma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lugumyo | 77 | 48 | / |
| Logouma | 77 | 28 | / |
| Luugima | 77 | 13 | / |
| Ligumah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lougoumahe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lougoumi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lungaume | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lugome | 67 | 4,657 | / |
| Lugomo | 67 | 505 | / |
| Ligima | 67 | 264 | / |
| Lugomi | 67 | 137 | / |
| Logoma | 67 | 25 | / |
| Logumo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ligumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loungoumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Logomo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Logome | 50 | 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
- 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 Luguma
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