Mugamba Surname

173,293rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mugamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2,2981:16,9882,627
DR Congo1161:636,89347,292
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mugamba (84) may also be a first name.

Mugamba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mugamba has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugamba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 173,293rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,938,527 people. The last name Mugamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mugamba reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mugamba is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 84 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 2,298 people, or 1 in 16,988. In Uganda Mugamba is mostly concentrated in: Rakai District, where 18 percent reside, Mbale District, where 16 percent reside and Sironko District, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mungamba932,321/
Mughamba9345/
Mugaamba932/
Mugaumba931/
Munghamba881/
Muingamba881/
Mungambay881/
Mugamboha881/
Mung'amba881/
Mungambaa881/
Mugambi8648,351/
Mugomba863,662/
Mugambe863,254/
Migamba861,168/
Mugambo86120/
Mugamwa8623/
Mogamba866/
Mugamby861/
Muganba861/
Mugemba861/
Mugambajje823/
Moughambaz821/
Mungomba803,826/
Mungambo8082/
Mungambi8078/
Mungambe8046/
Mughambi807/
Mmugambi802/
Mug'omba802/
Mugambhi801/
Muugambi801/
Mmugomba801/
Migambay801/
Mugaambe801/
Mughomba801/
Moungomba751,481/
Mung'omba75725/
Munghomba7548/
M'Mugomba7534/
M'Mugambi7511/
Mun'gomba758/
Mungaumbe751/
Mughamber751/
Moungambo751/
Maungambi751/
Mungo'mba751/
Muganwa715,188/
Mogambi712,870/
Mugombe711,014/
Mugombi71346/
Muganua71193/
Migomba71114/
Mugombo7199/
Mogomba7169/
Migambo7143/
Mogambo7113/
Mugembo713/
Moungambou712/
Muganbe712/
Muganbi711/
Mugonba711/
Mugambejje711/
Migemba711/
Mungombe673,392/
Mungombo67344/
Mungombi6728/
Mogaimbi6727/
Munganua674/
Muuganua671/
Mogombay671/
Mugannwa671/
Muganhwa671/
Mughombe671/
Mugombio671/
Mughanva671/

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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
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  • 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 Mugamba
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