Turigye Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Turigye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turigye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda7881:49,5426,016
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Turigye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Turigye occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turigye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turigye is the 435,329th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. The surname Turigye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Turigye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 788 people, or 1 in 49,542. In Uganda Turigye is most numerous in: Rukungiri District, where 16 percent are found, Kanungu District, where 10 percent are found and Mbarara District, where 8 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turiigye931/
Turige921/
Terigye861/
Turegye861/
Turgy83107/
Trige8367/
Turge8344/
Trigy830/
Turigiya806/
Torige77451/
Turege77144/
Treige77125/
Tarige7722/
Tourge7715/
Turigi779/
Turgie777/
Turage777/
Turuge776/
Traige776/
Terige774/
Turgey774/
Durige774/
Turgeo773/
Trigeo772/
Tregye771/
Torgye771/
Targye771/
Trigie771/
Trigea770/
Trge732/
Tourgee71166/
Turgeau7192/
Türgyei7173/
Trigeau7131/
Terhige714/
Tourage711/
Turhage711/
Tauerge711/
Turegyo711/
Turaigi711/
Tuarege711/
Darigye711/
Tourgie710/
Durge6718,840/
Torge67978/
Trage67714/
Targe67445/
Troge67270/
Targy67102/
Durgy6780/
Tröge6759/
Terge6750/
Tirge6746/
Drige6734/
Truge6733/
Turgi6729/
Trigi6726/
Trege6718/
Torgy6713/
Tráge679/
Tørge674/
Tyrgy673/
Tregy673/
Tergy672/
Durogeye672/
Tyrge671/
Trgie671/
Törge671/
Trigeaux671/

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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 Turigye
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