Kigobe Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Kigobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kigobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1551:251,86618,680
Tanzania541:980,40045,201
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
England31:18,572,686338,250
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kigobe (22) may also be a first name.

Kigobe Last Name Facts

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

Kigobe is found most in Uganda. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigobe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kigobe is the 1,028,911th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kigobe live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 22 people.

Kigobe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 251,866. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Wakiso District, where 26 percent are found, Buikwe District, where 23 percent are found and Mukono District, where 12 percent are found. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kigobi8361/
Kegobe8348/
Kigabe8326/
Kigoba838/
Kigube831/
Chigobe771/
Kigooba771/
Kaigabe771/
Kaingabe711/
Kighompe711/
Kigabi672,654/
Kiguba6769/
Kigaba6714/
Cegobe675/
Kegobi671/
Kigubi671/
Chigabe6241/
Kighuba6231/
Chigube6211/
Kaigaba625/
Chigobi623/
Keugabe622/
Kaigabi622/
Kigguba621/
Kyogabe621/
Kighovi621/
Khaigave571/
Keshgoubi5311/
Kegave504/
Cigubi501/
Kygaba501/
Cegobi501/

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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
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  • 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 Kigobe
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