Kalagwa Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kalagwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalagwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kalagwa Last Name Facts

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

Kalagwa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalagwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kalagwa is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Kalagwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalagwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Kalagwa is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 90 percent live and Manyara Region, where 10 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 45 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 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
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  • 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 Kalagwa
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