Kigabo Surname

872,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kigabo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigabo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1271:416,86329,360
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349

Kigabo (10) may also be a first name.

Kigabo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kigabo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigabo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 872,430th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kigabo are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 61 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 416,863. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 93 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 3 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kigaba8314/
Kigobo835/
Cigabo834/
Kugabo831/
Kegabo831/
Chigabo7746/
Kaigaba775/
Kigava67935/
Kugaba6741/
Kigoba678/
Kygaba671/
Chigaba621,092/
Kyogaba6261/
Chigobo627/
Kigampa621/
Kigooba621/
Chigabha5726/
Chigabah5710/
Coingobo573/
Kaighobad532/
Cigoba501/

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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 Kigabo
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