Lukuya Surname
Approximately 938 people bear this surname
Lukuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 762 | 1:51,233 | 6,187 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Kenya | 66 | 1:699,695 | 30,103 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lukuya (11) may also be a first name.
Lukuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lukuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lukuya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lukuya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 380,259th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,769,239 people. Lukuya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lukuya reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Lukuya is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 51,233. In Uganda Lukuya is mostly concentrated in: Manafwa District, where 37 percent reside, Mbale District, where 26 percent reside and Bududa District, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Uganda Lukuya is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Lukuya
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