Luyege Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Luyege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Luyege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luyege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luyege is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luyege? popularity and diffusion
The last name Luyege is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Luyege are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Gomba District, where 50 percent live and Wakiso District, where 50 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Luyege
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis