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
The last name Luguma is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luguma? popularity and diffusion
Luguma is the 617,991st most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname Luguma occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Luguma live; 79 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Luguma is also the 701,320th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 170 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 196,080. In Tanzania Luguma is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 60 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 34 percent live and Tabora Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.
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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