Riguga Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Riguga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Riguga 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
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Riguga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Riguga is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riguga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Riguga are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyeri County, where 90 percent live and Kiambu County, where 10 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 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
Ruguga8325/
Rigoga832/
Regouga772/
Ruguuga771/
Rugiga67137/
Rigogo6712/
Rigigo674/
Reguge671/
Regougou571/
Rugigo5010/
Regogo501/
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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 Riguga
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