Nakalega Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nakalega Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nakalega 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
Uganda3911:99,84510,048
Namibia351:68,8407,364
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Nakalega Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nakalega is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nakalega.

How Common Is The Last Name Nakalega? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 685,266th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. Nakalega is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nakalega are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Nakalega is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 99,845. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 20 percent live, Mubende District, where 19 percent live and Kampala District, where 14 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 8 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nakaleega941/
Nakaliga88152/
Nakalege8857/
Nakalaga8832/
Nakalego881/
Nakalagga824/
Nakalegge821/
Nakaligha821/
Nakalige7545/
Nakalago7527/
Nakaligo754/
Nakaligi752/
Nakalogo752/
Nakalyago7124/
Nakaligge711/
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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 Nakalega
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