Muhigwa Surname
Approximately 906 people bear this surname
Muhigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 732 | 1:100,928 | 11,306 |
| Uganda | 165 | 1:236,602 | 17,930 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Muhigwa (149) may also be a first name.
Muhigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muhigwa is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhigwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 390,762nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 8,043,649 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhigwa are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 149 people.
Muhigwa is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 18 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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 Muhigwa
- 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