Taigwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Taigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Taigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taigwa occurs most in Uganda. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taigwa? popularity and diffusion
Taigwa is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Taigwa live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda Taigwa is primarily concentrated in: Mukono District, where 50 percent are found, Kampala District, where 25 percent are found and Kyankwanzi District, where 25 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Taigwa
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