Ruhigira Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Ruhigira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ruhigira (1,977) may also be a first name.
Ruhigira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ruhigira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ruhigira is found most in Uganda. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ruhigira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ruhigira are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ruhigira is also the 170,190th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 1,977 people.
The surname Ruhigira is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,219,977. In Uganda Ruhigira is most prevalent in: Kisoro District, where 34 percent reside, Ibanda District, where 25 percent reside and Kampala District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Ruhigira exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 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 Ruhigira
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