Lukinga Surname
Approximately 2,856 people bear this surname
Lukinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,594 | 1:33,213 | 3,904 |
| DR Congo | 1,252 | 1:59,009 | 7,046 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Lukinga (274) may also be a first name.
Lukinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lukinga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukinga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lukinga is the 153,842nd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,551,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukinga live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 536,832nd most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 274 people.
Lukinga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,594 people, or 1 in 33,213. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 28 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 27 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Lukinga
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