Tuwangye Surname
Approximately 802 people bear this surname
Tuwangye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 801 | 1:48,738 | 5,950 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Tuwangye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tuwangye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tuwangye is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tuwangye? popularity and diffusion
Tuwangye is the 429,827th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 9,086,716 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tuwangye live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 801 people, or 1 in 48,738. In Uganda it is most common in: Ntungamo District, where 19 percent reside, Mbarara District, where 14 percent reside and Isingiro District, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Sudan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuwange | 93 | 6 | / |
| Tuwagye | 93 | 5 | / |
| Tiwangye | 88 | 1,001 | / |
| Tubangye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Towangye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Touwangoy | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tuwanga | 80 | 90 | / |
| Tubange | 80 | 34 | / |
| Tubagye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Towange | 80 | 1 | / |
| Toowange | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tubangie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tubhange | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuwhangai | 71 | 59 | / |
| Tuwanggis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Touwangui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tubonge | 67 | 370 | / |
| Towanga | 67 | 71 | / |
| Tubangi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tubagee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Thuwonga | 63 | 4 | / |
| Tubondye | 63 | 1 | / |
| Thuvangi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Towongeyi | 59 | 2 | / |
| Toubandje | 59 | 1 | / |
| Towonga | 53 | 2 | / |
| Tubañgi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tubondje | 50 | 75 | / |
| Towounga | 50 | 9 | / |
| Tauvonga | 50 | 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 Tuwangye
- 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