Vugutsa Surname

95,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,999 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Vugutsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vugutsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4,9981:9,2401,185
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Vugutsa (244) may also be a first name.

Vugutsa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Vugutsa has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vugutsa.

How Common Is The Last Name Vugutsa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 95,200th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,801 people. The last name Vugutsa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vugutsa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 571,890th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 244 people.

The last name Vugutsa is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 4,998 people, or 1 in 9,240. In Kenya Vugutsa is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 59 percent live, Kakamega County, where 19 percent live and Nairobi County, where 8 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Vugutsa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vugutsah931/
Vugusa9211/
Vugutza86149/
Bugutsa8696/
Vuguzsa861/
Vugotsa861/
Vugutzah801/
Vougitsa801/
Vuguza771,691/
Bugusa772/
Vugudza7113/
Bogutsa714/
Bugusha713/
Mpungutsha711/
Bougousa672/
Fogoutsa671/
Bougussa671/
Bougoussa6361/
Pheungutsaha637/
Buguza6267/
Vugiza621/
Bougouza53144/
Bougousou501/
Bougouzza501/

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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 Vugutsa
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