Keiwa Surname
Approximately 382 people bear this surname
Keiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 318 | 1:145,220 | 11,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Keiwa (678) may also be a first name.
Keiwa Demographics
Keiwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Keiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Keiwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﻮﺍ) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Keiwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 751,291st most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Keiwa are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 83 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Keiwa is also the 318,141st most commonly used given name on earth, held by 678 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 145,220. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Narok County, where 100 percent live. Beside Kenya Keiwa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Keiwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keiwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keiwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﻮﺍ | kywa | 50 |
| ﻛﻴﻮ | kyw | 50 |
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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 Keiwa
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