Names distinctive to Uganda

The list of names unique to the Republic of Uganda*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Nsubuga 96% 3.
2. Mugisha 76% 2.
3. Okello 37% 1.
4. Opio 96% 6.
5. Bukenya 97% 7.
6. Mirembe 92% 8.
7. Mwesigwa 76% 5.
8. Tumusiime 99% 10.
9. Muhumuza 99% 11.
10. Otim 90% 12.
11. Musinguzi 99% 13.
12. Akello 63% 9.
13. Kasozi 97% 15.
14. Namutebi 98% 16.
15. Arinaitwe 100% 18.
16. Babirye 98% 17.
17. Agaba 41% 4.
18. Mayanja 83% 14.
19. Ogwang 98% 22.
20. Ssali 95% 20.
21. Kisakye 98% 23.
22. Mugerwa 97% 26.
23. Muwonge 97% 27.
24. Kiggundu 97% 28.
25. Wasswa 98% 30.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Kenya 27%
Rwanda 19%
Zambia 14%
United Arab Emirates (the) 14%
Ghana 12%
Namibia 11%
Malawi 11%
Qatar 11%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).