Kigobe Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Kigobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Tanzania | 54 | 1:980,400 | 45,201 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kigobi | 83 | 61 | / |
| Kegobe | 83 | 48 | / |
| Kigabe | 83 | 26 | / |
| Kigoba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Kigube | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chigobe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kigooba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaigabe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaingabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kighompe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigabi | 67 | 2,654 | / |
| Kiguba | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kigaba | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cegobe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kegobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kigubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chigabe | 62 | 41 | / |
| Kighuba | 62 | 31 | / |
| Chigube | 62 | 11 | / |
| Kaigaba | 62 | 5 | / |
| Chigobi | 62 | 3 | / |
| Keugabe | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kaigabi | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kigguba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kyogabe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kighovi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khaigave | 57 | 1 | / |
| Keshgoubi | 53 | 11 | / |
| Kegave | 50 | 4 | / |
| Cigubi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kygaba | 50 | 1 | / |
| Cegobi | 50 | 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 Kigobe
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