Lwoga Surname

157,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,771 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lwoga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lwoga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2,7241:19,4352,473
Uganda451:867,54039,905
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Lwoga Last Name Facts

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

Lwoga occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lwoga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 157,801st most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,629,934 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwoga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,724 people, or 1 in 19,435. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 53 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 9 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lwooga912/
Lwogga911/
Luoga8022,285/
Lwaga80813/
Lwega805/
Lwuga801/
Lwogo801/
Luonga7336/
Luhoga7310/
Lwongo732/
Lwagga731/
Lwogos731/
Lwongi731/
Lwonge731/
Lwauga731/
Luogea731/
Lwagha731/
Lwagaya679/
Lwang'a673/
Lwaanga672/
Louhaga671/
Lwannga671/
Lvounga671/
Luoggas671/

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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 Lwoga
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