Kaligilwa Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kaligilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaligilwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kaligilwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaligilwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaligilwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Kaligilwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaligilwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,563,088. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tabora Region, where 57 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 14 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Kaligilwa occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 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 Kaligilwa
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