Lukongwa Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lukongwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lukongwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1831:213,32916,733
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lukongwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lukongwa is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lukongwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,222,957th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Lukongwa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Lukongwa are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 213,329. In Uganda Lukongwa is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 46 percent reside, Kampala District, where 15 percent reside and Ssembabule District, where 7 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lukoongwa941/
Likongwa88271/
Lukangwa88152/
Lukungwa8834/
Lukongwe881/
Lukungwe75173/
Likangwa7532/
Lukungua751/
Likang'wa712/
Lokangwe6321/
Likangua631/
Lokonkwoi592/
Lokangue501/

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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 Lukongwa
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