Kahigi Surname
Approximately 1,666 people bear this surname
Kahigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,240 | 1:42,695 | 4,855 |
| Uganda | 396 | 1:98,584 | 9,951 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Kahigi (12) may also be a first name.
Kahigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahigi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kahigi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahigi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 240,172nd most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,374,277 people. The last name Kahigi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kahigi reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,240 people, or 1 in 42,695. In Tanzania Kahigi is most frequent in: Geita Region, where 26 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 23 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kahigi
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