Muhigirwa Surname
Approximately 8,201 people bear this surname
Muhigirwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4,946 | 1:14,937 | 1,861 |
| Rwanda | 3,101 | 1:3,665 | 908 |
| Uganda | 141 | 1:276,874 | 19,841 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Muhigirwa (539) may also be a first name.
Muhigirwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhigirwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muhigirwa is most common in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhigirwa? popularity and diffusion
Muhigirwa is the 61,326th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 888,617 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhigirwa live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 363,109th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 539 people.
The surname Muhigirwa is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4,946 people, or 1 in 14,937. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 38 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhigirhwa | 95 | 82 | / |
| Muhigyirwa | 95 | 6 | / |
| Myuhigirwa | 95 | 1 | / |
| Muhigiruwa | 95 | 1 | / |
| Muhihgirwa | 95 | 1 | / |
| Muhigira | 94 | 30 | / |
| M'Muhigirwa | 90 | 21 | / |
| Muhigurwa | 89 | 4 | / |
| Muhagirwa | 89 | 3 | / |
| Muhigirua | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mihigirwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Muhugirwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Muhigiri | 82 | 152 | / |
| Muhigire | 82 | 104 | / |
| Mahigira | 82 | 21 | / |
| Mwihigira | 78 | 1 | / |
| Muhigyire | 78 | 1 | / |
| Muhagirua | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mehigiraa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mahigir | 75 | 54 | / |
| Muhagir | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mohigir | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muhogyerwa | 74 | 2 | / |
| Mouhagir | 71 | 138 | / |
| Mahiigir | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mahigiro | 71 | 2 | / |
| Muhoogyerwa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mouhagiri | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mohagir | 63 | 28 | / |
| Mahagir | 63 | 13 | / |
| Mahegir | 63 | 13 | / |
| Mahiger | 63 | 8 | / |
| Mohegir | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mahagire | 59 | 8 | / |
| Mahagiri | 59 | 7 | / |
| Mahigeer | 59 | 5 | / |
| Mahegiri | 59 | 2 | / |
| Mahigere | 59 | 1 | / |
| Maheger | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Muhigirwa
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