Kahigwa Surname
Approximately 1,496 people bear this surname
Kahigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 984 | 1:39,674 | 5,080 |
| Tanzania | 503 | 1:105,252 | 10,252 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kahigwa (25) may also be a first name.
Kahigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kahigwa is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kahigwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahigwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kahigwa is the 262,152nd most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,871,354 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kahigwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 25 people.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 984 people, or 1 in 39,674. In Uganda Kahigwa is primarily concentrated in: Kabarole District, where 20 percent live, Bundibugyo District, where 19 percent live and Kyenjojo District, where 9 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 34 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Kahigwa
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