Naigwe Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Naigwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 574 | 1:68,013 | 7,624 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Naigwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naigwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Naigwe is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Naigwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 548,408th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname Naigwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Naigwe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 68,013. In Uganda Naigwe is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 26 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 19 percent are found and Luuka District, where 17 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 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 Naigwe
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