Kagilwa Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kagilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kagilwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2691:196,80916,828
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kagilwa Last Name Facts

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

Kagilwa occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kagilwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 963,821st most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Kagilwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kagilwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 196,809. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 74 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kasilwa866/
Kajilwa861/
Kazilwa861/
Kachilwa8027/
Keagilwe8012/
Khajilwa801/
Koglwa773/
Kaslwa771/
Kachiolwa75109/
Khachilwa752/
Kachilwad751/
Kajilwash751/
Kaselwa714/
Kaslwad712/
Kachelwa671/
Keijelwa671/
Kasehelwa631/
Kazlva621/
Kangluo5715/
Kaselua574/
Cajelwa571/
Koslewad531/
Kazelbay531/

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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 Kagilwa
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