Kigere Surname
Approximately 488 people bear this surname
Kigere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 328 | 1:119,022 | 11,368 |
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kigere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kigere is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 627,290th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,933,496 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigere reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 119,022. In Uganda Kigere is most frequent in: Mbale District, where 32 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 16 percent reside and Kampala District, where 9 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kigere
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