Lwigale Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Lwigale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 232 | 1:168,273 | 14,348 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Lwigale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwigale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwigale is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwigale? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,052,587th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Lwigale reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 168,273. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 61 percent are found, Luuka District, where 8 percent are found and Buyende District, where 7 percent are found. Barring Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, 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 Lwigale
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