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 more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Lugwire click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lugwire? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 781,947th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Lugwire occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lugwire live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Lugwire is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 108,442. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Namutumba District, where 21 percent reside, Buyende District, where 14 percent reside and Mayuge District, where 12 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

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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