Ruganda Surname
Approximately 442 people bear this surname
Ruganda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 268 | 1:197,543 | 16,901 |
| Uganda | 107 | 1:364,853 | 23,632 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ruganda (73) may also be a first name.
Ruganda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruganda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ruganda occurs most in Tanzania. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruganda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 675,256th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ruganda reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ruganda is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 73 people.
The last name Ruganda is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 197,543. In Tanzania Ruganda is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 78 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 0 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rusganda | 93 | 179 | / |
| Runganda | 93 | 2 | / |
| Roganda | 86 | 100 | / |
| Rugandi | 86 | 26 | / |
| Riganda | 86 | 16 | / |
| Rugonda | 86 | 13 | / |
| Rugando | 86 | 4 | / |
| Rugande | 86 | 2 | / |
| Rusgandi | 80 | 47 | / |
| Rugandhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rughonda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rungonda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rujgandhi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Rogando | 71 | 1,178 | / |
| Rugondo | 71 | 29 | / |
| Rugonde | 71 | 10 | / |
| Rigonda | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rogande | 71 | 4 | / |
| Rogonda | 71 | 3 | / |
| Rigando | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rogandi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Rungondi | 67 | 95 | / |
| Rungondo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Righenda | 67 | 2 | / |
| Rigondeau | 63 | 83 | / |
| Roekgandee | 59 | 1 | / |
| Rigondó | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rigondo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Rogondi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Roghonde | 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 Ruganda
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis