Luhiga Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Luhiga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Luhiga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania971:545,79034,985
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Luhiga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luhiga occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhiga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Luhiga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Luhiga is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 97 people, or 1 in 545,790. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Njombe Region, where 98 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 1 percent live and Tabora Region, where 1 percent live. Besides Tanzania it occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luhinga9228/
Luhega83871/
Luhigo83358/
Lauiga8315/
Lihiga831/
Leuiga831/
Louigat774/
Lauigay774/
Liiga73133/
Liygah6721/
Li'iga671/
Leuega671/
Lihigo671/
Luhengo6243/
Leuenga621/
Lu'enga621/
Louhengo574/
Lujjenga571/
Liygo553/
Lúgigo501/
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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 Luhiga
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