Kasigila Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kasigila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kasigila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1111:476,95132,497
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Kasigila Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kasigila is most common in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kasigila? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kasigila reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 476,951. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 89 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 8 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, 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 Kasigila
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