Nkuyege Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nkuyege Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nkuyege 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
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nkuyege Last Name Facts

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

Nkuyege is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkuyege? popularity and diffusion

Nkuyege is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Nkuyege occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkuyege reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Nkuyege is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda Nkuyege is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 67 percent live, Mubende District, where 17 percent live and Gomba District, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 43 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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
Nkueze772/
Nkeage771/
Nkouega715/
Nkousee714/
Nkige678/
Nkuyingi672/
Nkouedje672/
Nkouse'e672/
Nkage672/
Nkayinge671/

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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 Nkuyege
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