Kigalu Surname

91,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kigalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kigalu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,8101:19,3912,447
Tanzania1,3401:39,5094,528
Kenya681:679,11629,805
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Kigalu (1,089) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Kigalu Demographics

Kigalu Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 2 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Kigalu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kigalu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigalu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 91,641st most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,395,280 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigalu live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 241,864th most numerous first name globally, held by 1,089 people.

Kigalu is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,810 people, or 1 in 19,391. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Kigalu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keigalu9219/
Kigallu922/
Kaigalu921/
Cigalu8349/
Chigalu772,975/
Cigalou772/
Kighoulou671/
Chigolu623/
Kyogolu621/
Chigoulou531/

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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 Kigalu
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