Kigava Surname
Approximately 935 people bear this surname
Kigava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 934 | 1:56,683 | 6,162 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kigava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kigava is found most in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigava? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 381,197th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,794,167 people. Kigava occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigava are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 934 people, or 1 in 56,683. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 78 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 21 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Kigava occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kigaeva | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khingava | 86 | 249 | / |
| Khigaeva | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kigawa | 83 | 338 | / |
| Kugava | 83 | 31 | / |
| Kigaba | 83 | 14 | / |
| Kigova | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chigava | 77 | 242 | / |
| Kugaeva | 77 | 98 | / |
| Kaigawa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Kaigaba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kigampa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Quigava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khugaeva | 71 | 1,538 | / |
| Khegaeva | 71 | 21 | / |
| Khengava | 71 | 10 | / |
| Khegavat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khaigave | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigabo | 67 | 310 | / |
| Kugawa | 67 | 84 | / |
| Kugeva | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kugova | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kigoba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kigowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kigewa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kigawe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kegave | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kegawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kygaba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cigova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kegova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kigava
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