Lumuli Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Lumuli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lumuli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2951:179,46315,628
Kenya2741:168,54012,948
Uganda2401:162,66414,032
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Lumuli (239) may also be a first name.

Lumuli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lumuli is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lumuli? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 422,941st most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lumuli are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 239 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 179,463. In Tanzania Lumuli is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 70 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 25 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 29 percent reside.

Lumuli Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lumulis921/
Loumouli862/
Lumula831,304/
Lumuly83151/
Lomuli8356/
Lumili8342/
Limuli8333/
Lumoli8311/
Luimula7717/
Laumili776/
Lumulya771/
Lomulia771/
Lumolli771/
Loumoula711/
Lumole67192/
Lumola67111/
Lumile6785/
Lomula6733/
Lumoly6730/
Lomule6723/
Lumily671/
Laumusler670/
Lumilay62209/
Hlomula6234/
Laumola6227/
Lyumile625/
Loumile621/
Lumiele621/
Lomuloy621/
Hlomule621/
Lomola5034/
Lomole5015/

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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 Lumuli
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