Kigode Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Kigode Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 55 | 1:839,635 | 32,298 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kigode Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kigode Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kigode is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kigode? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kigode are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Kigode is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 89 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 7 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kigodi | 83 | 2,150 | / |
| Kegode | 83 | 1,593 | / |
| Kigoda | 83 | 1,535 | / |
| Kigade | 83 | 20 | / |
| Kigude | 83 | 11 | / |
| Koigade | 77 | 777 | / |
| Kigudde | 77 | 497 | / |
| Kaigade | 77 | 330 | / |
| Kuigade | 77 | 260 | / |
| Kiggude | 77 | 10 | / |
| Kaigude | 77 | 7 | / |
| Chigode | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kiguude | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kigaade | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kigadie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaygode | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaingade | 71 | 268 | / |
| Koingade | 71 | 63 | / |
| Kuingade | 71 | 28 | / |
| Kiggudde | 71 | 17 | / |
| Khaigade | 71 | 12 | / |
| Chigodhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kigada | 67 | 76 | / |
| Kegade | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kigadi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Kugade | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kigedi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khaingade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kigudi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiguda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kygade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kugede | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaaingade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kegude | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kegede | 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 Kigode
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis