Nakabugo Surname

18,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nakabugo Surname User-submission:

Buganda's Nkima clan (totem/omuziro/ekika is a monkey) is part of those who arrived and populated the area right outside of present-day Ugandan capitol Kampala, just after the first cluster of the five original clans. The head of the Nkima Clan, Mugema, had two daughters, Nnakabugo and Nakabugo, thus the name was borne.

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Nakabugo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda29,4211:1,327155
England81:6,964,757184,742
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
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Nakabugo (27) may also be a first name.

Nakabugo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Buganda's Nkima clan (totem/omuziro/ekika is a monkey) is part of those who arrived and populated the area right outside of present-day Ugandan capitol Kampala, just after the first cluster of the five original clans. The head of the Nkima Clan, Mugema, had two daughters, Nnakabugo and Nakabugo, thus the name was borne. These two women were then married off to different clans, spreading their name to Bulemeezi (home to clans Mpologama and Ntalaganya) and the Lujumba sub-clan of Busiro (home to several other clans such as Abalangira, the royal clan; Butiko, Ffumbe, Mmamba, Mpindi, Ngeye, and the Njovu).

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Nakabugo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nakabugo is found most in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakabugo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 18,719th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 247,514 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakabugo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nakabugo is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 27 people.

Nakabugo is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 29,421 people, or 1 in 1,327. In Uganda Nakabugo is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 17 percent reside, Kampala District, where 8 percent reside and Mukono District, where 7 percent reside. Besides Uganda it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

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