Rugamba Surname
Approximately 17,559 people bear this surname
Rugamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 17,054 | 1:666 | 144 |
| Uganda | 217 | 1:179,905 | 15,002 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Tanzania | 93 | 1:569,265 | 36,354 |
| Burundi | 36 | 1:272,357 | 409 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Rugamba (87) may also be a first name.
Rugamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rugamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rugamba is found most in Rwanda. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Rugamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rugamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rugamba is the 30,423rd most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 415,032 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rugamba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 87 people.
The surname Rugamba is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 17,054 people, or 1 in 666. Other than Rwanda this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruganmba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rougamba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Rugasimba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Rugomba | 86 | 70 | / |
| Rugambi | 86 | 33 | / |
| Rugambo | 86 | 12 | / |
| Rigamba | 86 | 10 | / |
| Ruganba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Rugambe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Rugemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rugambajje | 82 | 1 | / |
| Rugambhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rugombo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rugombe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rigomba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Rigemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rungombe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Rogombe | 57 | 511 | / |
| Rugomwa | 57 | 88 | / |
| Rigonba | 57 | 4 | / |
| Rogombé | 57 | 3 | / |
| Rungomwa | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Rugamba
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