Kighera Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Kighera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 65 | 1:814,486 | 42,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kighera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kighera Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kighera is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kighera click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kighera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,352,516th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kighera live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Kighera is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 814,486. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 98 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kigherga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kigera | 92 | 1,281 | / |
| Kaigera | 86 | 132 | / |
| Kigheri | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kighere | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kighara | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiogera | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kiguera | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khiguera | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kieghery | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kigere | 77 | 488 | / |
| Kigora | 77 | 438 | / |
| Kigira | 77 | 192 | / |
| Kigara | 77 | 185 | / |
| Kegera | 77 | 57 | / |
| Kigeri | 77 | 41 | / |
| Kugera | 77 | 30 | / |
| Cigera | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kigero | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kigery | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keighgeri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaigere | 71 | 434 | / |
| Cigheri | 71 | 44 | / |
| Kaigara | 71 | 42 | / |
| Chigera | 71 | 12 | / |
| Koigere | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kyogera | 71 | 6 | / |
| Kaigeri | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kiggira | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kiegere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiogero | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keigeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Keghero | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigeere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiegeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiggara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kighiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koigara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kyoghero | 67 | 22 | / |
| Kaingira | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kugahara | 67 | 2 | / |
| Caighara | 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 Kighera
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