Uwiragiye Surname
Approximately 14,820 people bear this surname
Uwiragiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 14,263 | 1:797 | 173 |
| Uganda | 490 | 1:79,672 | 8,551 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Uwiragiye (25) may also be a first name.
Uwiragiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Uwiragiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Uwiragiye is found most frequently in Rwanda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Uwiragiye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,634th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 491,737 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Uwiragiye are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 25 people.
The surname is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is carried by 14,263 people, or 1 in 797. Outside of Rwanda this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uwirangiye | 95 | 9 | / |
| Uwairagiye | 95 | 1 | / |
| Uwragiye | 94 | 1 | / |
| Uwiragiy | 94 | 1 | / |
| Owiragiye | 89 | 13 | / |
| Uwirigiye | 89 | 4 | / |
| Uwirugiye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwirgiiye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uviragiye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwirajiye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Uwirigyiye | 84 | 1 | / |
| Uwiiragiya | 84 | 1 | / |
| Uragiy | 80 | 26 | / |
| Iragie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oweragiye | 78 | 7 | / |
| Yuragie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Iragi | 71 | 8,844 | / |
| Urage | 71 | 62 | / |
| Irage | 71 | 29 | / |
| Uragi | 71 | 24 | / |
| Urgie | 71 | 11 | / |
| Aragie | 67 | 13,379 | / |
| Iraggi | 67 | 212 | / |
| Yiragi | 67 | 176 | / |
| Iorgye | 67 | 50 | / |
| Irhagi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Auragi | 67 | 32 | / |
| Uriage | 67 | 13 | / |
| Aurage | 67 | 8 | / |
| Irhage | 67 | 8 | / |
| Airagi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Airage | 67 | 7 | / |
| Iraagi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ourgie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Iorgie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uwayirege | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iriagi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iraegi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yurage | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irragi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irigye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aragiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urigie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eurgie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eirage | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iriage | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uraige | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Uwiragiye
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