Kakiga Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Kakiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 219 | 1:178,262 | 14,925 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kakiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kakiga is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakiga? popularity and diffusion
Kakiga is the 1,101,507th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name Kakiga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kakiga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kakiga is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 178,262. In Uganda Kakiga is mostly found in: Isingiro District, where 16 percent reside, Ntungamo District, where 15 percent reside and Kamwenge District, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kakigga | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kakeiga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kakhinga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kakuga | 83 | 97 | / |
| Kakigi | 83 | 64 | / |
| Kaciga | 83 | 32 | / |
| Kaakighga | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khakhinga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kakegai | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kakhuga | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kakyoga | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kakigui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kakuige | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kakugga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaakighi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Khachiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaychiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kacuga | 67 | 126 | / |
| Kokuga | 67 | 75 | / |
| Caciga | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kakugo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kakegi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kekigo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kokigo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kakego | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cakigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kekega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kokigi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kakiga
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