Rugangura Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Rugangura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rugangura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda631:619,67132,575
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Rugangura (22) may also be a first name.

Rugangura Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rugangura occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Rugangura click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rugangura? popularity and diffusion

Rugangura is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Rugangura occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rugangura are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Rugangura is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 619,671. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bushenyi District, where 29 percent reside, Kiruhura District, where 16 percent reside and Buhweju District, where 11 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Rugangura
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