Lugwire Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lugwire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lugwire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3601:108,44210,638
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lugwire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lugwire is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lugwire? popularity and diffusion

It is the 781,947th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lugwire live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Lugwire is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 360 people, or 1 in 108,442. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 21 percent live, Buyende District, where 14 percent live and Mayuge District, where 12 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lungwire932/
Lugwiri86109/
Lugwere865/
Luguire863/
Lugwira862/
Ligwire861/
Lugwerhe8021/
Luigwere801/
Lukwir772/
Lungwerhe7521/
Luquire71214/
Lukwira718/
Lugwera713/
Lukwiri712/
Luguiri711/
Ligwere711/
Liquire711/
Lougouhire711/
Liquiere67102/
Louguere676/
Leuquire674/
Luquiere671/
Laughwer671/
Lunkwiri671/
Louquire670/

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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 Lugwire
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